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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

Kensington 1898

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1898

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Table: Scarlet Fever in 1898.

Scarlet Fever in 1898.

Report for four weeks ended.No. of Notifications Kensington London.No. of cases admittedto hospitals Kensington. London.No. of Deaths Kensington. London.No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period.
Jan. 29341302259464683061
Feb. 26401207308732512674
March 2631111828818—412371
April 23401243299313632334
May 21311212248665502241
June 18321229239121432194
July 16401214309371362314
August 13551238359333332293
Sept. 10391085298801372300
Oct. 8301467271188—292606
Nov. 5321774251391—443092
Dec. 33615363211572453142
Dec. 31341292249821432939
474169173611281423583

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The notifications are taken from the weekly returns of the Asylums Board;
the admissions to and the numbers in the hospitals, and the deaths in London,
from the weekly returns of the Registrar-General.
For the sake of comparison, I subjoin the corresponding
table for 1897, taken from the report for that year,

Table: Scarlet Fever in 1897.

Scarlet Fever in 1897.

Report for four weeks ended.No. of NotificationsNo. of cases admitted to hospitalsNot of DeathsNo of cases. in Hospital at the end of the period.
KensingtonLondon.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
Jan. 304414393710001633311
Feb. 27291289279352522817
March 2741117432859...412585
April 24281206209283392442
May 22331316241004...492508
June 195514545010811482670
July 176617014613073562903
Aug. 14522019351479...663341
Sept. 115419154614431543579
Oct. 913528019014832843692
Nov. 69229557415376763680
Dec. 48520585715606953811
Jan. 1, 18983515492710744573572
74922,87656515,69029780

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The tables on pages 36-37 exhibit certain particulars of
interest with respect to scarlet fever prevalence, &c„ during
1898, and the preceding ten years, 1888-97.