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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
Willesden 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 23.
FATALITY AND INCIDENCE FROM SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER, PER 1,000— 1888 TO 1901.
| Year. | Fatality Rate. Scarlet Fever. Deaths per 1,000 cases. | Incidence Rate. Scarlet Fever. Cases per 1,000 population. | Fatality Fate. Diphtheria, Deaths per 1,000 cases. | Incidence Rate. Diphtheria. Cases per 1.000 population. | Fatality Rate. Typhoid Fever. Deaths per 1,000 cases. | Incidence Rate. Typhoid Fever. Cases per 1,000 population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | 60 | 3.8 | 193 | 1.2 | 209 | 0.81 |
| 1889 | 13 | 2.6 | 69 | 1.8 | 71 | 0.49 |
| 1890 | 11 | 2.9 | 140 | 2.4 | 170 | 0.66 |
| 1891 | 15 | 2.1 | 78 | 1.2 | 121 | 0.53 |
| 1892 | 22 | 5.5 | 127 | 2.1 | 214 | 0.42 |
| 1893 | 25 | 8.5 | 199 | 3.1 | 191 | 0.66 |
| 1894 | 26 | 3.6 | 126 | 1.7 | 157 | 0.96 |
| 1895 | 43 | 4.9 | 190 | 2.2 | 174 | 0.87 |
| 1896 | 35 | 5.5 | 169 | 2.1 | 211 | 0.66 |
| 1897 | 21 | 5.4 | 250 | 2.9 | 230 | 0.56 |
| 1898 | 28 | 3.6 | 204 | 3.3 | 136 | 0.66 |
| 1899 | 38 | 3.9 | 148 | 2.9 | 128 | 0.73 |
| 1900 | 35 | 2.9 | 124 | 1.9 | 181 / | 0.68 |
| 1901 | 21 | 4.9 | 138 | 3.4 | 175 | 0.49 |
| 1902 | 27 | 3.8 | 122 | 3.5 | 205 | 0.60 |
| 1903 | 22 | 3.8 | 46 | 1.6 | 290 | 0.34 |
| Mean Rate | 28 | 4.2 | 145 | 2.3 | 179 | 0.63 |
| 1904 | 6 | 2.4 | 54 | 2.6 | 211 | 0.27 |