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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 1910
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910
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The particulars witd regard to previous years are annexed:—
Scarlet Fever, 1901-1910.
| Year. | Actual No. of cases. | No. of Deatds. | Case Mortality. No, of Deatds per 100 cases notified. | No. of cases per 10,000 of Population. | No. Of Deatds per10,000 /of Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 495 | 19 | 3.8 | 48.1 | 1.8 |
| 1902 | 381 | 15 | 3.9 | 37.9 | 1.3 |
| 1903 | 283 | 12 | 4.2 | 28.1 | 1.2 |
| 1904 | 323 | 17 | 5.2 | 32.6 | 1.7 |
| 1905 | 456 | 21 | 4.6 | 46.4 | 2.1 |
| 1906 | 422 | 13 | 6.1 | 43.5 | 2.6 |
| 1907 | 471 | 16 | 3.4 | 48.6 | 1.7 |
| 1908 | 387 | 12 | 3.1 | 40.3 | 1.2 |
| 1909 | 231 | 9 | 3.89 | 24.2 | .9 |
| 1910 | 126 | 4 | 3.17 | 13.3 | .4 |
Probable Source. In 14 instances the infection was derived
from previous cases in the same family, in another 22 there was
reason to believe that the disease had been contracted by visiting
cases in houses in the vicinity. In 4 persons the disease was
probably contracted from schoolfellows while in school or on the
way home; two other patients had been infected while sitting or
standing by scarlet fever patients awaiting examination in the outpatient
departments of large hospitals.
Two patients were probably infected by visiting places of
entertainment just previously to their illness.
Five developed the disease while in hospital. These cross
infections in hospitals, as for example, when a patient is admitted
for diphtheria and later on while convalescent and still an in-patient
contracts scarlet fever, are a serious blemish upon the administration
of fever hospitals.
All the houses where cases occurred were visited and inspected.