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Chelsea 1912
Annual report for 1912 of the Medical Officer of Health
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There were, therefore, only 5 cases in which it is probable that the
infection was contracted in the Borough. In one of these cases, the
patient—a lady of 32 years—was in the habit of consuming oysters at
restaurants in London.
Three blood specimens were sent to the Lister Institute in the course
of the year for determining the Widal reaction, and all gave positive
reactions.
Removals to Hospital.—Table XIX. exhibits the removals of patients
suffering from scarlet fever, diphtheria, and enteric fever, to the M.A.B.
and other hospitals, in each of the 23 years, 1890—1912, expressed as
percentages of the total number of cases of each disease notified.
Table XIX.—Cases removed to Hospital per cent. of Total.
| 1890 | 38 | 20 | 29 |
| 1891 | 40 | 15 | 22 |
| 1892 | 48 | 27 | 32 |
| 1893 | 50 | 41 | 38 |
| 1894 | 71 | 58 | 63 |
| 1895 | 55 | 62 | 51 |
| 1896 | 61 | 56 | 56 |
| 1897 | 76 | 67 | 54 |
| 1898 | 74 | 74 | 54 |
| 1899 | 77 | 76 | 69 |
| 1900 | 81 | 80 | 71 |
| 1901 | 78 | 63 | 72 |
| 1902 | 90 | 83 | 67 |
| 1903 | 91 | 88 | 62 |
| 1904 | 86 | 80 | 77 |
| 1905 | 92 | 87 | 94 |
| 1906 | 90 | 88 | 65 |
| 1907 | 91 | 91 | 81 |
| 1908 | 95 | 91 | 71 |
| 1909 | 94 | 89 | 87 |
| 1910 | 96 | 88 | 75 |
| 1911 | 93 | 88 | 57 |
| 1912 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
Case Mortality.—The following Table shows the case mortality,
or percentage of deaths to notifications of scarlet fever, diphtheria
(including membranous croup), and enteric fever, in Chelsea and in
London, in each of the 23 years, 1890—1912:—