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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
East Ham 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The following table gives the total number of patients under treatment during the year and the Death-rate from each disease:—
| DISEASE. | In Hospital, Dec. 31st, 1906. | Admitted, 1907. | Total under treatment, 1907. | Discharged. | Died. | Mortality per cent, of completed cases. | Remaining in Hospital, Dec. 31st, 1907. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 27 | 545 | 572 | 515 | 14 | 2.6 | 43 |
| Diphtheria | 6 | 238 | 244 | 201 | 19 | 9.4 | 24 |
| Enteric | — | 12 | 12 | 10 | — | — | 2 |
| Tuberculosis | — | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 8.3 | — |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Other Diseases | 1 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 17.9 | — |
| Total | 34 | 835 | 869 | 761 | 39 | — | 69 |
SCARLET FEVER.
572 cases were under treatment during the year. The type
of disease was rather more severe than during the previous year,
and there was also an unusually large number of cases found on
admission to be suffering from Diphtheria combined with Scarlet
Fever. This double infection tending, of course, to cause a
higher Death-rate.
In five cases the diagnosis was incorrect, the patients on
admission being found not to have Scarlet Fever.
In 529 completed cases there were 14 deaths, which equals a
case mortality of 2.6 per cent., as compared with a rate of 1.84
per cent. in 1906.
The following complications occurred amongst the. 572 cases
of Scarlet Fever under treatment during the year:—