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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

Kensington 1893

The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year 1893

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Table: Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1893 and Ten Previous Years.

Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1893 and Ten Previous Years.

The Year.No. of Recorded Cases.Total Number of Recorded Cases.Percentage of Removals to total Recorded Cases.Deaths.Total Deaths.Percentage of Deaths.Percentage of Deaths to Recorded Cases.Deaths in London from Scarlet Fever.
Treated at Home.Removed to Hospital.At Home.In Hospitals.At Home.In Hospitals
189338956895759104151124765.3†1596*
1892259456715649273625755.01174
1891117206323613131619814.9589
1890161214375576202623776.9875
1889861662526682028297111.1778
18886818425273101626396110.31209
18871493164656821234448529.41447
18863763100638311732711.0688
188568421103852772286.3707
188411587202431171861399.01444
1883141902314022628792112.01989

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*The corrected decennial average number of deaths from Scarlet Fever in Kensington (1883-92) was 24, and in London 1147.
†The case-mortality in Kensington patients treated at home in 1893, was 3.1 per cent., and in patients treated in hospital, 7.2 per cent.