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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

Kensington 1888

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: Statistics of Scaelet Fevee in Kensington in 1888 and in Nine1 Peevious Yeaes.

Statistics of Scaelet Fevee in Kensington in 1888 and in Nine1 Peevious Yeaes.

]The Year.No. of Recorded Cases.Total Number of Recorded Gases.Percentage of Removals to total Recorded Cases.Deaths.Total Deaths.Percentage of Deaths.Percentage of Deaths to Recorded Cases.Deaths in London from Scarlet Fever.
Treated at Home.Removed to Hospital.At Home.In HospitalsAt Home.In Hospitals
18886818425273101626†396110 31209†
18871493164656821234448529.41447
18863763100638311732711.0688
188568421103852772286.3707
18841158720243117186139901444
188314190231402262879211201989
188219912031940511162821819.42004
18811771102873930838792113.22108
1880316150466328322105792122.53073
187917410327737411051802018.42706

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* The returns prior to 1879 are incomplete.
† The corrected decennial average number of deaths from scarlet fever in Kensington was 47, and in London 1.960.