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Barnes 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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TABLE
Showing the Case Mortality from Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria at the Isolation Hospital, Mortlake, during the years 1901-1910.
| Year. | SCARLET FEVER. | DIPHTHERIA. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Mortality per cent. | Cases. | Deaths. | Mortality per cent. | |
| 1901 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 1902 | 56 | 1 | 1.7 | 46 | 6 | 1.30 |
| 1903 | 21 | 1 | 4.7 | 45 | 3 | 6.5 |
| 1904 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1905 | 24 | 1 | 4.1 | 14 | 2 | 14.2 |
| 1906 | 25 | 1 | 4.0 | 105 | 11 | 10.4 |
| 1907 | 50 | 1 | 2.0 | 17 | 2 | 11.7 |
| 1908 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 1 | 5.2 |
| 1909 | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 4 | 11.4 |
| 1910 | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 2 | 6.0 |
| Totals | 316 | 5 | 1.5 | 379 | 32 | 8.5 |
Altogether 74 cases were admitted during 1910. The
diagnoses, as made in Hospital, were, Diphtheria 33, Scarlet Fever
35, Varicella 1, Erysipelas 1, Tonsillitis 2, Rubella 1, and Tuberculosis
1. There were 3 deaths, one from erysipelas and two from
diphtheria.