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, 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 „ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
„ Central | 3 | 3 | — | 6 |
„ Kilburn | 4 | 7 | — | 11 |
Mid „ | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
North „ | 1 | — | — | 1 |
„ Eastern | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Totals | 13 | 19 | 3 | 35 |
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 Fever | 5.1 of cases admitted. |
Diphtheria | 28.8 „ | |
Enteric Fever | 23.0 „ | |
Small Pox | 0.0 „ |