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 Willesden]
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DIPHTHERIA AND MEMBRANOUS GROUP.— TABLE NO. 20.
Shewing the number of cases notified, and 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. |
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1892 | 145 | 14 | 9.6 | 2.1 | 127 |
1893 | 229 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 199 |
1894 | 129 | 8 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 126 |
1895 | 186 | 66 | 35.4 | 2.2 | 190 |
1896 | 173 | 51 | 29.4 | 2. 1 | 169 |
1897 | 275 | 132 | 48.0 | 2.9 | 250 |
1898 | 335 | 217 | 64.7 | 3.3 | 204 |
1899 | 319 | 183 | 57.3 | 2.9 | 148 |
1900 | 226 | 120 | 53.1 | 1.9 | 124 |
1901 | 404 | 190 | 47.0 | 3.4 | 138 |
1902 | 440 | 222 | 50.4 | 3.5 | 122 |
1903 | 221 | 122 | 55.2 | 1.6 | 46 |
1904 | 353 | 290 | 82.1 | 2.6 | 54 |
1905 | 275 | 227 | 82.5 | 1.9 | 51 |
1906 | 286 | 222 | 77.6 | 2.0 | 57 |
1907 | 254 | 186 | 73.2 | 1.7 | 71 |
1908 | 215 | 175 | 81.3 | 1.4 | 65 |
1909 | 207 | 171 | 82.6 | 1.4 | 48 |
1910 | 166 | 142 | 85.5 | 1.1 | 66 |
1911 | 192 | 130 | 67.7 | 1.2 | 57 |
1912 | 222 | 191 | 86.0 | 1 .4 | 45 |
1913 | 233 | 215 | 92.3 | 1.4 | 34 |
1914 | 303 | 258 | 85.2 | 1.8 | 79 |
1915 | 231 | 213 | 92.2 | 1 .4 | 130 |
1916 | 225 | 213 | 94.7 | 1.3 | 76 |