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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Heston and Isleworth 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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While an outbreak of infectious disease may occur at any time
under circumstances beyond the control of your Health Department,
I am of opinion that the efforts of the Health Committee in getting
rid of insanitary conditions and improving the housing conditions of
the poorer class of the population, among whom infection rapidly
spreads, are bearing and will continue to bear fruit in a reduction of
the incidence of infectious disease.
Scarlet Fever. The following table shews the number of cases
which have been notified during each of the years since 1900, and
the number and percentages of those cases which have been removed
to hospital:—
Table shewing cases of Scarlet Fever notified and removed and percentage removed to Hospital each year since 1900.
| Year. | No. of Cases notified. | No. of cases removed to Hospital. | Percentage of cases removed to Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 181 | 120 | 66.29 |
| 1901 | 104 | 77 | 7403 |
| 1902 | 112 | 79 | 70.53 |
| 1903 | 143 | 97 | 67.83 |
| 1904 | 65 | 49 | 75.38 |
| 1905 | 85 | 77 | 90.58 |
| 1906 | 69 | 55 | 79.71 |
| 1907 | 80 | 73 | 91.25 |
| 1908 | 98 | 71 | 72.44 |
| 1909 | 130 | 100 | 76.92 |
| 1910 | 81 | 60 | 74.07 |
| 1911 | 75 | 62 | 82.66 |
| Total | 1223 | 920 | 75.22 |