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cases occurred in children at school ages. These returns show
a less higher incidence than usual upon children at school age.
Not only is Scarlet Fever a disease of children, but it is most fatal
in young children. There were in all 16 deaths, distributed as
follows :—
Years.
Under 1 year.
1 and
under 5.
5 and
under 25.
At all Ages.
Number of cases noti-
fied 8 153 310 471
Number of deaths 1 10 5 16
Percentage of deaths
at each age period
attacked 12.5 6.5 1.7 3.4
Twenty-six deaths yield a Scarlet Fever death rate of 0.26 per
1,000. The comparative figures for the last ten years are as
follows :—
Years.
Number of Cases
notified
Number of
Deaths.
Death Rate per
1,000.
1897
597
26
0.24
1898
518
30
0.27
1899
480
18
0.16
1900
227
12
0.11
1901
495
19
0.18
1902
381
15
0.14
1903
283
12
0.11
1904
323
17
0.17
1905
456
21
0.21
1906
422
13
0.26
1907
471
16
0.17