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Finsbury 1909
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1909 including annual report on factories and workshops
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SCARLET FEVER.
In all, 231 cases were notified, which is a smaller number than
of any previous year since the Borough was formed. The cases
were nearly all in children between one and fifteen years. There
were 9 deaths, 3.89 per cent. of the total number of the cases, or
one, in every 26 children affected, died.
The particulars with regard to previous years are annexed:—SCARLET FEVER SINCE 1901.
| Year. | Actual No. of Cases | No. of Deaths. | Case Mortality No. of Deaths per 100 cases notified. | No of Cases per 10,000 of population. | No. of Deaths per 10,000 of population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 495 | 19 | 3.8 | 48.1 | 1.8 |
| 1902 | 381 | 15 | 3.9 | 37.9 | 1.5 |
| 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 |
The number of deaths this year is less than it has been for 9
years.
The larger number of cases occurred in the first and third
quarters of the year, least in the fourth quarter.
Probable Source—In 27 instances the infection was derived
from previous cases in the same family, in another 29 there was
reason to believe that the disease had been contracted by visiting
cases in houses in the vicinity. In 12 persons the disease was
probably contracted from schoolfellows while in schools or on the
way home; the seven other patients had been infected while
sitting or standing by scarlet fever patients awaiting examination
in the out-patient departments of large hospitals.