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I am indebted to the courtesy of Mr. A. E. Rossiter, Vaccination
Officer to the Guardians, for the above figures.
Scarlet Fever.
Average of
1913 previous
10 years.
Number of cases 639 520
,, deaths 3 11
Death rate per 1,000 in Deptford 0.03 0.09
648 notifications were received during the year 1913, relating to
639 cases. Of these, 35 cases were errors in diagnosis and cases which
occurred in hospital, thus reducing the net number of cases to 604.
The number of cases for 1913 was in excess of that in the previous
year, but nevertheless the death rate this year was lower, indicating
a milder type of the disease. During the previous three years 406, 369
and 300 were notified respectively.
The deaths were 3, compared with 6, 7 and 3 in the three preceding
years.
The death-rate was 0.03 per 1,000, and for the three preceding
years 0.05, 0.06 and 0.03 respectively.
The rate of mortality for England and Wales was 0.06, for the 96
great towns 0.07, for the 145 smaller towns 0.05, for the County of
London 0'04 per 1,000.
During the first quarter of the year only 93 cases were notified,
during the second quarter 130, the third quarter 191, but during the
last quarter there were 225.
Over 90 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.