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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

Finsbury 1902

Report on the public health of 1902

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Table: SCARLET FEVER, The total number of notifications received during the year for Scarlet Fever was 381 as against last year's 495. The age and sex incidence was as follows :—

SCARLET FEVER, The total number of notifications received during the year for Scarlet Fever was 381 as against last year's 495. The age and sex incidence was as follows :—

Ages.0-1-5-10-15-20-30-40Total
Males1626925l6132188
Females47463361033193
Total51361326126165381

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From these figures it will be seen that 273 out of the 381 cases
occurred in children under 10 years of age. In relation to school
influence, it is of interest to note that seventy-six per cent. of the
cases occurred in children at school ages, ten per cent. occurred
in children under school age, and twelve per cent. in persons
over school age. Not only is it a disease of children but it is
most fatal in young children. There were in all nineteen deaths
distributed as follows :—
Years Under 1 year 1 and under 5 5 and above 5 At all Ages
Number of cases notified 5 136 240 381
Number of deaths 1 10 4 15
Percentage of deaths at each age period attacked 20.0 7.3 1.6 3.9
Nineteen deaths yield a scarlet fever death rate of 0.18 per 1,000.
The comparative figures for the last 6 years are as follows :—