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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 1897
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1897
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Scarlet Fever in 1897.
| Report for four weeks ended | No. of Notifications Kensington London | No. of cases admitted to hospitals Kensington London | No. of Deaths Kensington London | No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 30 | 44 | 1439 | 37 | 1000 | 1 | 63 | 3311 |
| Feb. 27 | 29 | 1289 | 27 | 935 | 2 | 52 | 2817 |
| March 27 | 41 | 1174 | 32 | 859 | ... | 41 | 2585 |
| April 24 | 28 | 1206 | 20 | 928 | 3 | 39 | 2442 |
| May 22 | 33 | 1316 | 24 | 1004 | ... | 49 | 2508 |
| June 19 | 56 | 1454 | 50 | 1081 | 1 | 48 | 2670 |
| July 17 | 66 | 1701 | 46 | 1307 | 3 | 56 | 2903 |
| Aug. 14 | 52 | 2019 | 35 | 1479 | ... | 66 | 3341 |
| Sept. 11 | 54 | 1915 | 46 | 1443 | 1 | 54 | 3579 |
| Oct. 9 | 135 | 2801 | 90 | 1483 | 2 | 84 | 3692 |
| Nov. 6 | 92 | 2955 | 74 | 1537 | 6 | 76 | 3680 |
| Dec. 4 | 85 | 2058 | 57 | 1560 | 6 | 95 | 3811 |
| Jan. 1, 1898 | 35 | 1549 | 27 | 1074 | 4 | 57 | 3572 |
| 749 | 22,876 | 565 | 15,690 | 29 | 780 | ||
The notifications are taken from the weekly returns of the Asylums
Hoard: the admissions to, and the numbers in, the hospitals, an 1 the
deaths in London, from the weekly returns of the Registrar-General.
For the sake of comparison, I subjoin the corresponding
table for 1896, taken from the report for that year.
Scarlet Fever in 1896.
| Report for four weeks ended | No. of Notifications Kensington London | No. of cases admitted to hospitals Kensington London | No. of Deaths Kensington London | No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 25 | 79 | 1761 | 59 | 1180 | 5 | 101 | 2916 |
| Feb. 22 | 90 | 1527 | 83 | 1095 | 2 | 74 | 2937 |
| March 21 | 57 | 1350 | 42 | 982 | 5 | 72 | 2773 |
| April 18 | 45 | 1224 | 36 | 837 | 1 | 65 | 2527 |
| May 16 | 37 | 1383 | 25 | 1003 | 2 | 50 | 2539 |
| June 13 | 68 | 1864 | 52 | 1272 | 1 | 66 | 2781 |
| July 11 | 93 | 2235 | 70 | 1309 | 2 | 59 | 3088 |
| Aug. 8 | 94 | 2532 | 65 | 1367 | 6 | 76 | 3369 |
| Sept. 5 | 92 | 2766 | 73 | 1611 | 1 | 70 | 3610 |
| Oct. 3 | 84 | 2963 | 58 | 1689 | 4 | 73 | 4020 |
| Oct. 31 | 104 | 2846 | 65 | 1611 | 2 | 66 | 4160 |
| Nov. 28 | 91 | 2300 | 70 | 1477 | 4 | 78 | 4030 |
| Jan. 2, 1897 (5 weeks) | 77 | 2224 | 65 | 1484 | 4 | 92 | 3707 |
| 1,011 | 2,6975 | 763 | 16,917 | 39 | 942 | ||
The notifications in this table are uncorrected for duplicate returns.
The tables on pages 31—32 exhibit certain particulars of
interest with respect to scarlet fever prevalence, &c., during
1897, and the preceding ten years, 1887-96.