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Kensington 1904

The annual report on the health, sanitary condition of the Royal Borough of Kensington, etc., etc., for the year 1904

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At the close of the year there were 2,386 cases remaining in hospital compared with 3,080,
2,327 and 1,632, at the corresponding period in the three preceding years.
The subjoined table shows the degree of prevalence of scarlet fever in the Borough, and in
London as a whole, as indicated by the number of notifications, and of deaths registered, in thirteen
successive four-weekly periods, as set out in my reports:—

Table: Scarlet Fever in 1904.

Scarlet Fever in 1904.

Report for four weeks endedNo. 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.
January 302381921744—391,651
February 271869617624—211,587
March 261977416666—171,585
April 2315751126761251,543
May 21281,02325888—251,630
June 182592420800—251,630
July 16231,07018951—271,698
August 132693122832—231,763
September 10111,037119611211,816
October 8221,580191,430—302,341
November 5241,557231,3651382,782
December 3121,192101,0621412,625
December 31161,081119481332,386
26213,43522511,9475365

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For the sake of comparison, I subjoin the corresponding table for 1903, taken from the
report for that year.

Table: Scarlet Fever in 1903.

Scarlet Fever in 1903.

Report for four weeks endedNo. of Notifications.No. of cases admitted to Hospitals.No. of Deaths.No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period.
Kensington. London.KensingtonLondon.Kensington.London.
January 31181,08213869—372,019
February 2812944108571261,756
March 283298925837—311,851
April 2531851247941191,698
May 23271,09425934—371,759
June 2017913167501231,649
July 18371,050379714261,710
August 15461,022388973311,758
September 122893621865—291,772
October 10211,133211,0291231,881
November 724969188403331,854
December 51782713694—261,715
January 2, 19042077616697—211,632
33012,63627711,03414362

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Note.—Correction has not been made in the above tables for errors in diagnosis, either with respect to notifications,
or admissions to hospital The notifications are taken from the weekly returns of the Asylums Board; the admissions
to, and numbers in, the hospitals, and the deaths in London, from the weekly returns of the Registrar-General.