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 Barnes]
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TABLE.
Showing the Case Mortality at the Isolation Hospital, Mortlake, since
January 1st, 1901.
Year. | SCARLET FEVER. | DIPHTHERIA AND CROUP. | TOTALS. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Admissions. | Deaths. | Mortality per cent. | Admissions. | Deaths. | Mortality per cent. | Admissions. | Deaths. | Mortality per cent. | |
1901 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 1 | 1.71 | 74 | 1 | 1.35 |
1902 | 56 | 1 | 1.71 | 46 | 6 | 13.04 | 102 | 7 | 6.86 |
1903 | 21 | 1 | 4.76 | 45 | 3 | 6.57 | 66 | 4 | 6.06 |
1904 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 |
1905 | 24 | 1 | 4.16 | 14 | 2 | 14.2 | 38 | 3 | 7.89 |
Totals | 140 | 3 | 2.11 | 170 | 12 | 7.05 | 3.10 | 15 | 483 |
Of the 14 cases of diphtheria admitted in 1905, four had laryngeal complications
(in one instance congenital) necessitating tracheotomy.
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