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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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TABLE showing the Number of Return Cases of Scarlet Fever,
1905—9,
distributed as the primary cases gave rise respectively to 1, 2, 3, or 4 Return Cases.
| Year. | No. of Infecting Cases giving rise to Return Cases. | No. of Infecting Cases giving rise to 1 Return Case. | No. of Infecting Cases giving rise to 2 Return Cases | No. of Infecting Cases giving rise to 3 Return Cases | No. of Infecting Cases giving rise to 4 Return Cases | Total Cases of Scarlet Fever notified. | Percentage of Return Cases. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total No. of Infecting Cases. | Total No. of Return Cases during the year | |||||||
| 1905 | 14 | 18 | 12 | l | - | 1 | 397 | 4.5 |
| 1906 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 3 | — | — | 637 | 4.1 |
| 1907 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 1 | - | — | 641 | 4.4 |
| 1908 | 51 | 70 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 737 | 9.5 |
| 1909 | 56 | 66 | 48 | 7 | — | 1 | 638 | 10.3 |
| Totals | 171 | 208 | 143 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 3,050 | 0.8 |
TABLE showing Return and Secondary Cases.
| Year. | No. of Infecting Cases. | No. of Return Cases. | No. of Cases occurring in houses Secondary to Return, cases not necessarily themselves Returns. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | 56 | 66 | 12 |
From the above tables it will be seen that the number of Keturn
Cases has increased both actually and proportionately in recent years.
This increase is in part merely apparent, and in so far is due to improvements
in administrative procedure which have led to an increased
discovery of cases which formerly would not have been classified as