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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 1899
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1899
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For the sake of comparison, I subjoin the corresponding
table for 1898, taken from the report for that year.
Scarlet Fever in 1898.
| Report. for four weeks. ended. | No. of Notifications. | No. of cases admitted to hospitals. | No. of Deaths. | No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. | ||
| Jan. 29 | 34 | 1302 | 25 | 946 | 4 | 68 | 3061 |
| Feb. 26 | 40 | 1207 | 30 | 873 | 2 | 51 | 2674 |
| March 26 | 31 | 1118 | 28 | 818 | — | 41 | 2371 |
| April 23 | 40 | 1243 | 29 | 931 | 3 | 63 | 2334 |
| May 21 | 31 | 1212 | 24 | 866 | 5 | 50 | 2241 |
| June 18 | 32 | 1229 | 23 | 912 | 1 | 43 | 2194 |
| July 18 | 40 | 1214 | 30 | 937 | 1 | 36 | 2314 |
| August 13 | 55 | 1238 | 35 | 933 | 3 | 33 | 2293 |
| Sept. 10 | 39 | 1085 | 29 | 880 | 1 | 37 | 2300 |
| Oct. 8 | 30 | 1467 | 27 | 1188 | — | 29 | 2606 |
| Nov. 5 | 32 | 1774 | 25 | 1391 | — | 44 | 3092 |
| Dec. 3 | 36 | 1536 | 32 | 1157 | 2 | 45 | 3142 |
| Dec. 31 | 34 | 1292 | 24 | 982 | 1 | 43 | 2939 |
| 474 | 16,917 | 361 | 12,814 | 23 | 583 | ||
Note.—Correction has not been made in the above tables for errors in diagnosis
either with respect to notifications or admissions to hospital.
The tables on pages 37-38, exhibit certain particulars of
interest with respect to scarlet fever prevalence, &c., during
1899, and the ten preceding years, 1899-98.