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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
Leyton 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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of sputa on pavements and in public resorts generally may be
read a sign that the public is at last beginning to help itself in
this most important matter. I do not know whether others have
noticed the above fact, but it has come within my sphere of
action, and I consider it worthy of remark at this juncture.
SCARLET FEVER.
Table XIX.—Notified Cases of Scarlet Fever during the Past Five Years, with the Percentage Mortality.
| Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Percentage Mortality. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | 393 | 3 | .76 |
| 1903 | 397 | 13 | 3.27 |
| 1904 | 445 | 6 | 1.3 |
| 1905 | 505 | 9 | 1.7 |
| 1906 | 616 | 15 | 2.4 |
The course of the disease was fairly normal until the autumn,
when there was a marked increase in the number of attacks, the
four months September—December producing 354 cases of the
year's total 616. Altogether 111 more cases than last year
were reported, and of these there were 6 more fatal cases than
in 1905.
Of the 616 cases—
37 or 6.0 per cent, occurred in the Leyton Ward
63 „ 10.2 „ „ Lea Bridge „
153 „ 24.8 „ „ Central ,,
54 „ 8.9 „ „ Forest „
74 „ 12.0 „ „ Leytonstone „
69 „ 11.2 „ „ Grove Green „
58 „ 9.4 „ „ Harrow Green „
71 „ 11.5 „ Cann Hall „
37 „ 6.0 „ „ Wanstead Slip ,,