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Hampstead 1914
Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Erysipelas.
Forty-four cases were notified, and 2 deaths occurred, as compared
with 32 cases and 2 deaths in 1913.
The attack-rate per 1000 of the population was 0.50.
Of the cases notified, 5 or 11 per cent., were removed to the
Hampstead Workhouse Infirmary.
The Metropolitan Asylums Board do not provide hospital accommodation
for cases of erysipelas, and patients suffering from this disease
are unable to obtain hospital treatment except in Poor Law Infirmaries.
Scarlet Fever. The number of cases of scarlet fever notified in each of the last 14 years is set out below.
| Year. | No. of cases notified. |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 214 |
| 1902 | 251 |
| 1903 | 165 |
| 1904 | 159 |
| 1905 | 170 |
| 1906 | 385 |
| 1907 | 314 |
| 1908 | 265 |
| 1909 | 241 |
| 1910 | 135 |
| 1911 | 125 |
| 1912 | 101 |
| 1913 | 198 |
| 1914 | 278 |
It will be noticed from the above table that there was a considerable
increase in the number of cases notified.
The number of cases per 1000 of the population was 3.20; the
corresponding figure in 1913 was 2.29; 2 cases, or 0.7 per cent. of those
notified, proved fatal; the death-rate per 1000 population was 0.02. In
the preceding year 4 deaths occurred from this disease, equivalent to
a rate of 2 per cent, of cases notified, or 0.04 per 1000 population.
Of the cases notified, 241, or 87 percent., were removed to hospital.
The corresponding percentage in 19 13 was 80.