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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
Camberwell 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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hospitals. The number of cases returned from hospitals as not
suffering from the disease was 8. The deaths numbered 8, and
in the following table is set out the corresponding figures from
1919 to 1924: —
Number
of
Notifications.
Number
of
Deaths.
Death Rate
per 1,000
Population.
Case
Mortality
per cent.
Percentage of
cases removed
to Hospital
Year.
12
0.04
1919
700
1.7
-
1920
...
1,308
13
0.04
0.9
81.1
1921
1,959
19
0.07
0.9
89.4
...
1922
-
1,083
22
0.08
2.0
82.2
1923
520
7
0.02
1.3
92.1
...
8
1.3
90.1
1924
598
0.02
The following tables, similar to those for diphtheria, are
included at the request of the Ministry of Health : —
Scarlet Fever. Analysis of Cases. TABLE A.
| No. of Cases. | No. of persons per room in invaded houses. | Rate per thousand persons under 15 years of age in invaded houses susceptible to attack. |
|---|---|---|
| 180 | 1 | 507.0 |
| 238 | 1-2 | 285.0 |
| 33 | 2 | 230.6 |
| 60 | 2-3 | 159.1 |
| 1 | 3 | 142.8 |
| 5 | 3-4 | 263.1 |
No. of other Persons sleeping in Patient's Room. TABLE B.
| No. of Instances. | No. of Persons. |
|---|---|
| 1 | 90 |
| 2 | 164 |
| 3 | 92 |
| 4 | 43 |
| 5 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 |
Instances of Occupants of Patient's room Contracting the Disease. TABLE C.
| No. of Cases. | |
|---|---|
| 1 instance of remaining occupant contracting disease | 1 |
| 1 do. both occupants | 5 |
| 3 instances of one of two occupants | |
| 2 do. two of three occupants | 8 |
| 4 do. one of three do | |
| 2 do. one of four do | 2 |