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East Ham 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Scarlet Fever.
526 cases of this disease were notified during the year, as
against 435 in 1912.
The disease is still of a very mild type, as shown by the small
number of four deaths.
In a large number of cases the symptoms were so slight that
no medical man was called in to see the patient, and the children
wen afterwards sent to school, where they were found to be in
the desquamating stage.
During one month I was notified of several cases in married
adults who had children that had no symptoms of the disease and
who, in my opinion, contracted the disease by travelling on
crowded trains on the District Railway.
It will thus be seen how difficult it is to control the spread of
the disease.
The greatest number of cases was notified in July and the last
three months of the year.
The death-rate from Scarlet Fever for East Ham was 0'03
per 1,000, for England and Wales 0'06, and for the 96 Great
Towns 0.07.
The following table gives the number of cases of Scarlet Fever notified, the attack-rate per
| Year. | Population. | Cases Notified. | Attack rate per 1,000 of Population. | Mortality per 100 cases notified. |
|---|---|---|---|---|