London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1912
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1912
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The rest, 155, were treated in hospital.
The particulars with regard to previous years are appended.
| 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 | 48.9 | 1.8 |
| 1902 | 381 | 15 | 3.9 | 38.1 | 1.5 |
| 1903 | 283 | 12 | 4.2 | 28.7 | 1.2 |
| 1904 | 323 | 17 | 5.2 | 33.2 | 1.7 |
| 1905 | 456 | 21 | 4.6 | 47.5 | 2.1 |
| 1906 | 422 | 13 | 6.1 | 44.6 | 1.3 |
| 1907 | 471 | 16 | 3.4 | 50.5 | 1.7 |
| 1908 | 387 | 12 | 3.1 | 42.1 | 1.3 |
| 1909 | 231 | 9 | 3.89 | 25.5 | .9 |
| 1910 | 126 | 4 | 3.17 | 14.1 | .4 |
| 1911 | 171 | 6 | 3.5 | 19.5 | .6 |
| 1912 | 159 | 5 | 3.15 | I8-4 | .58 |
Probable Sources—In 23 cases the infection was derived
from previous cases in the same families, in another 2 the disease
had been contracted from mild unrecognized cases in the affected
households.
Three were examples of school infection, four were caught from
playfellows in the street. Four had been infected when visiting
or being visited by friends or relatives.
Two cases were not discovered until 17 and 19 days after the
rashes had appeared. The patients were then peeling. They
were mild missed cases that had apparently only suffered from
slight headaches and sore throat, which their parents attributed
to the "heat." Nine developed scarlet fever while detained in