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64
Scarlet Fever.
1911
Average of
previous
10 years.
N umber of cases
369
561
„ deaths
7
12
Death rate per 1,000 in Deptford
0'06
O'll
386 notifications were received during the year 1911,
relating to 369 cases. Of these, 20 cases were errors in
diagnosis and cases which occurred in hospital, thus reducing
the net number of cases to 349.
The number of cases for 1911 was in excess of that
in the previous year, and the virulence of the type in 1911,
as indicated by the number of deaths, was greater. During
the past three years, 300, 362 and 723 were notified respectively.
The deaths were 7, compared with 3, 13 and 6 in the three
preceding years.
The death-rate was 0.06 per 1,000, and for the three preceding
years, 0'03, O'll and 0.05 respectively.
The rate of mortality for England and Wales was0.05,for
the 77 great towns 0.06, for the 136 smaller towns 0.06, for the
County of London 0'04 per 1,000.
During the first quarter of the year only 48 cases were
notified, during the second quarter 59, the third quarter 93,
but during the last quarter there were 169.
Over 80 per cent, of these cases were removed to hospital,
and previous records show that the percentage of deaths is
much lower if the patient is treated in hospital than if nursed
at home.