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Willesden 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden, UDC]

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recovery. The fact of the above case having been
first of all taken into the scarlet fever ward caused
me very grave anxiety with regard to the other
patients, but no patient in the Hospital has ever
become affected with it.

TABLE No. 3.

The following table distributes the deaths in the various Wards from which they came, viz.:—

wards.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Total.
North Western----
South „1113
„ Central336
„ Kilburn4711
Mid „36110
North „11
„ Eastern1214
Totals1319335

It will be seen from Table 1 that there were 35 deaths altogether, which gives an average death rate of the cases admitted during the year of 10.08 per cent., or of the actual cases under treatment of 9.6 per cent.

Death rate of case mortality.Scarlet Fever5.1 of cases admitted.
Diphtheria28.8 „
Enteric Fever23.0 „
Small Pox0.0 „