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 Croydon]
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Table III. scarlet fever.
YEAR | Cases notified in Croydon. | Attack Rate Per 100,000 of Population. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths to Cases notified. | All Cases Admitted to Hospital with a Diagnosis of Scarlet Fever. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. Admitted. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths to Cases Treated* | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
1916 | 297 | 169 | 4 | 1.3 | 283 | 6 | 2.1 |
1917 | 191 | 102 | 2 | 1.05 | 196 | 2 | 1.02 |
1918 | 414 | 219 | 6 | 1.4 | 376 | 8 | 2.1 |
1919 | 603 | 314 | 11 | 1.8 | 522 | 11 | 2.1 |
1920 | 638 | 332 | 7 | 1.09 | 535 | 8 | 1.4 |
1921 | 855 | 416 | 4 | .4 | 720 | 4 | .5 |
1922 | 800 | 416 | 6 | .7 | 691 | 6 | .8 |
1923 | 379 | 195 | 2 | .5 | 340 | ... | ... |
1924 | 289 | 147 | 2 | .6 | 237 | 2 | .8 |
1925 | 347 | 174 | 1 | .2 | 248 | 2 | .8 |
1926 | 525 | 254 | ... | ... | 409 | ... | ... |
1927 | 717 | 338 | 3 | .4 | 686 | 3 | .4 |
1928 | 552 | 259 | 4 | .7 | 574 | 8 | 1.3 |
1929 | 759 | 335 | 4 | .54 | 714 | 3 | 0.42 |
1930 | 681 | 306 | 2 | .29 | 679 | 2 | 0.29 |
1931 | 527 | 225 | 3 | .57 | 528 | 2 | 0.38 |
1932 | 441 | 186 | 1† | .23 | 387 | 1 | 0.26 |
1933 | 633 | 264 | ... | ... | 599 | 1 | 0.17 |
1934 | 1003 | 416 | 3 | .29 | 968 | 5 | 0.51 |
1935 | 775 | 320 | ... | ... | 755 | 1 | 0.1 |
* Cases admitted to the Borough Hospital from Penge are included in
arriving at the figures in Cols. 6 to 8.
† Death not due to Scarlet Fever.
There was a decrease in the number of cases notified and
admitted to Hospital in 1935 as compared with 1934. The type
was mild and the case mortality was nil. The attack rate (Col. 3)
for England and Wales was 296. Croydon shows a rather higher
figure.