Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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The following tables exhibit certain particulars of interest with respect to scarlet fever
prevalence, &c., during 1900, and the ten preceding years, 1890-99 :—
Scarlet Fever Cases recorded in Kensington in 1900, and in the Ten Preceding Years, in Thirteen Four-weekly Periods.
The Year. | Weeks. 1-4. | Weeks. 5-8. | Weeks. 9-12. | Weeks. 13-16. | Weeks. 17-20. | Weeks. 21-24. | Weeks. 25-28. | Weeks. 29-32. | Weeks. 33-36. | Weeks. 37-40. | Weeks. 41-44. | Weeks. 45-48. | Weeks. 49-52. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1899 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 38 | 40 | 47 | 35 | 47 | 42 | 55 | 22 | 445 |
1898 | 34 | 40 | 34 | 39 | 31 | 31 | 40 | 45 | 38 | 31 | 33 | 38 | 34 | 478 |
1897 | 43 | 32 | 40 | 28 | 33 | 58 | 68 | 51 | 55 | 133 | 88 | 84 | 34 | 747 |
1896 | 79 | 90 | 57 | 45 | 37 | 68 | 93 | 94 | 92 | 84 | 104 | 91 | 77* | 1011 |
1895 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 33 | 39 | 40 | 24 | 63 | 91 | 62 | 66 | 525 |
1894 | 59 | 37 | 27 | 40 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 31 | 15 | 25 | 390 |
1893 | 45 | 60 | 38 | 34 | 56 | 84 | 84 | 110 | 67 | 113 | 117 | 88 | 61 | 957 |
1892 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 34 | 51 | 39 | 73 | 74 | 59 | 97 | 85 | 82 | 50 | 715 |
1891 | 38 | 47 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 27 | 17 | 31 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 323 |
1890 | 10 | 32 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 42 | 71 | 49 | 38* | 375 |
Average 1890-99 | 38.2 | 40.3 | 29.1 | 31.6 | 33.1 | 41.0 | 48.8 | 58.0 | 44.1 | 66.9 | 68.5 | 58.6 | 42.4 | 597† |
Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1900, and in the Ten Preceding Years.
The Year. | No. of Recorded Cases. | Total Number of Recorded Cases. | Percentage of Removals to total Recorded Cases. | Deaths. | Total Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths to Recorded Cases. | Deaths in London from Scarlet Fever. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treated at Home. | Removed to Hospital. | At Home. | In Hospitals | At Home. | In Hospitals | ||||||
1900 | 74 | 290 | 364 | 79 | — | 4 | 4 | — | 100 | 1.4 | 361 |
1899 | 101 | 344 | 445 | 77 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 80 | 2.2 | 898 |
1898 | 117 | 361 | 478 | 76 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 3.4 | 95.6 | 4.8 | 583 |
1897 | 188 | 561 | 747 | 75 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 10.3 | 89.7 | 8.9 | 780 |
1896 | 248 | 763 | 1011 | 75 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 18 | 82 | 3.9 | 942 |
1895 | 167 | 358 | 525 | 68 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 44 | 56 | 5.1 | 829 |
1894 | 131 | 259 | 390 | 66 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 77 | 5.6 | 962 |
1893 | 389 | 568 | 957 | 59 | 10 | 41 | 51 | 24 | 76 | 5.3 | 1596 |
1892 | 259 | 456 | 715 | 64 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 25 | 75 | 5.0 | 1174 |
1891 | 117 | 206 | 323 | 61 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 81 | 4.9 | 589 |
1890 | 161 | 214 | 375 | 57 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 77 | 6.9 | 875 |