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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 1916
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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SCARLET FEVER—Table No. 16.
Shewing the number of cases notified, the number and percentage removed to Hospital, and the Incidence and Fatality rates each year since 1892.
| Year. | No. of Cases notified. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital. | Percentage of Cases removed to Hospital. | Incidence Rate. Cases per 1,000 population. | Fatality Rate. Deaths per 1,000 cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892 | 366 | 49 | 13.3 | 5.5 | 22 |
| 1893 | 589 | 107 | 18.1 | 8.5 | 25 |
| 1894 | 268 | 83 | 30.9 | 3.6 | 26 |
| 1895 | 392 | 243 | 61.9 | 4.9 | 43 |
| 1896 | 475 | 282 | 59.3 | 5.5 | 35 |
| 1897 | 510 | 320 | 62.7 | 5.4 | 21 |
| 1898 | 361 | 209 | 57.8 | 3.6 | 28 |
| 1899 | 414 | 220 | 53.1 | 3.9 | 38 |
| 1900 | 335 | 188 | 56.1 | 2.9 | 35 |
| 1901 | 553 | 265 | 47.9 | 4 .9 | 21 |
| 1902 | 466 | 282 | 60.5 | 3.8 | 27 |
| 1903 | 502 | 393 | 78.2 | 3.8 | 22 |
| 1904 | 326 | 242 | 74.2 | 2.4 | 6 |
| 1905 | 397 | 328 | 82.6 | 2.8 | 13 |
| 1906 | 637 | 543 | 85.2 | 4.5 | 17 |
| 1907 | 641 | 547 | 85.3 | 4.4 | 30 |
| 1908 | 737 | 651 | 88.3 | 5.0 | 19 |
| 1909 | 638 | 556 | 87.1 | 4.4 | 25 |
| 1910 | 314 | 265 | 84.3 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 1911 | 326 | 226 | 69.3 | 2.1 | 15 |
| 1912 | 430 | 373 | 86.7 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 1913 | 504 | 446 | 88.5 | 3.1 | 14 |
| 1914 | 765 | 682 | 89.1 | 4.6 | 7 |
| 1915 | 453 | 406 | 89.6 | 2.7 | 33 |
| 1916 | 387 | 350 | 90.4 | 2.3 | 3 |