Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1901
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Scarlet Fever Cases recorded in Kensington in 1901, and in the Ten Preceding Tears,
The Year. | Weeks. 1-4. | Weeks. 5-8. | Weeks. 9-12. | Weeks. 13-16. | Weeks. 17-20. | Weeks. 21-24. | Weeks. 25-28. | Weeks. 29-32. | Weeks. 33-36. | Weeks. 37-40. | Weeks. 41-44. | Weeks. 45-48. | Weeks. 49-52. | Total. |
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1901 | 26 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 31 | 32 | 45 | 56 | 46 | 48 | 52 | 43 | 37 | 475 |
1900 | 32 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 41 | 31 | 35 | 364 |
1899 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 38 | 40 | 47 | 35 | 47 | 42 | 55 | 22 | 445 |
1898 | 31 | 40 | 34 | 39 | 31 | 31 | 40 | 45 | 38 | 31 | 33 | 38 | 34 | 478 |
1897 | 43 | 32 | 40 | 28 | 33 | 58 | 68 | 51 | 55 | 133 | 88 | 84 | 34 | 747 |
1896 | 79 | 90 | 57 | 45 | 37 | 68 | 93 | 94 | 92 | 81 | 104 | 91 | 77* | 1011 |
1895 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 33 | 39 | 40 | 24 | 63 | 91 | 62 | 66 | 525 |
1894 | 59 | 37 | 27 | 40 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 31 | 15 | 25 | 390 |
1893 | 45 | 60 | 38 | 34 | 56 | 84 | 84 | 110 | 67 | 113 | 117 | 88 | 61 | 957 |
1892 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 34 | 51 | 39 | 73 | 74 | 59 | 97 | 85 | 82 | 50 | 715 |
1891 | 38 | 47 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 27 | 17 | 31 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 323 |
Average 1891-1900)\ | 40.4 | 39.7 | 30.2 | 32.2 | 32.7 | 41.7 | 50.8 | 53.2 | 44.0 | 65.2 | 65.5 | 56.8 | 42.1 | 595† |
* Return comprises five weeks. † Without correction for increase in population.
Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1901, and in the Ten Preceding Years.
The Year. | No. of Recorded Cases. | Total Number of Recorded Case9. | Percentage of Removals to total Recorded Cases. | Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths. | Percent-age of Deaths to Recorded Cases. | Deaths in London from Scarlet Fever. | |||||
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Treated at Home. | Removed to Hospital. | At Home. | In Hospitals | Total Deaths. | At Home. | In Hospitals, | ||||||
1901 | 92 | 383 | 475 | 81 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 73 | 3.2 | 584 | |
1900 | 74 | 290 | 364 | 79 | — | 4 | 4 | — | 100 | 1.4 | 361 | |
1899 | 101 | 344 | 445 | 77 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 80 | 2.2 | 398 | |
1898 | 117 | 361 | 478 | 76 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 3.4 | 956 | 4.8 | 583 | |
1897 | 188 | 561 | 747 | 75 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 10.3 | 89.7 | 3.9 | 780 | |
1896 | 248 | 763 | 1011 | 75 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 18 | 82 | 3.9 | 942 | |
1895 | 167 | 358 | 525 | 68 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 44 | 56 | 5.1 | 829 | |
1894 | 131 | 259 | 390 | 66 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 77 | 5.6 | 962 | |
1893 | 389 | 568 | 957 | 59 | 10 | 41 | 51 | 24 | 76 | 5.3 | 1596 | |
1892 | 259 | 456 | 715 | 64 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 25 | 75 | 5.0 | 1174 | |
1891 | 117 | 206 | 328 | 61 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 81 | 4.9 | 589 |
DIPHTHERIA.
Cases of diphtheria and membranous croup to the aggregate number of 250 were notified,
compared with 222, 257, and 332, in the three preceding years: 142 in North Kensington, and
108 in South Kensington. The deaths registered were 38 (against 26, 42, and 27, in the three