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Willesden 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 18.
Giving particulars of Infecting and Return Cases of Scarlet Fever during 1917.
| Initials of Infecting Cases. | No. of days isolated. | Initials of Return Cases. | No. of days elapsing between release from isolation of infecting case and onset of illness of return case. |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.D. | 25 | L.D. | 28 |
| W.J.or | 30 | M.J. | 41 |
| V.J. | 11 | 60 |
Table No. 19.
Giving particulars of multiple cases of Scarlet Fever occurring in houses
in 1917.
| No. of Houses. | Per cent. of Houses. | No of Cases. | Per cent. of Cases. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses in which:— | ||||
| 1 case occurred | 119 | 87.5 | 119 | 717 |
| 2 cases occurred | 9 | 6.6 | 18 | 10.9 |
| 3 ,, | 5 | 3.7 | 15 | 9.0 |
| 4 ,, | 2 | 1.5 | 8 | 4.8 |
| 5 ,, | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 ,, | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3.6 |
| Totals | 136 | 100.0 | 166 | 100.0 |
Tables Nos. 20, 21, 23.
Giving particulars of cases of Diphtheria, Small Pox and Enteric Fever.
| Table 20. | Table 21. | Table 23. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria. | Smallpox. | Enteric Fever. | |
| No. of cases notified | 254 | 0 | 9 |
| No. of cases removed to Hospital | 234 | 0 | 8 |
| Percentage of cases removed to Hospital | 92.1 | 0 | 88.8 |
| Incidence rate per 1,000 of population | 1.5 | 0 | .05 |
| Fatality rate per 1,000 cases | 79 | 0 | 111 |
VACCINATION STATISTICS.
Table No. 22—Omitted.