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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TABLE No. 3.
Deaths distributed to the various Wards from which they came:—
WARDS. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | TOTAL. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. North East | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
2. South „ | 1 | 3 | — | 4 |
3. „ Central | — | 8 | — | 8 |
4. „ Kilburn | 5 | 8 | — | 13 |
5. Mid „ | 1 | 10 | — | 11 |
6. North „ | — | 2 | — | 2 |
7. „ Eastern | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Other Districts | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Total | 9 | 34 | 2 | 45 |
Males. | Females. | |||
Scarlet Fever | 5 | 4 | ||
Diphtheria | 15 | 19 | ||
Typhoid | 2 | |||
22 | 23 |
There were 45 deaths during the year, giving a
rate of all admitted of 9.2 per cent.; but of all the
cases under treatment of 8.1.
The following figures give the rates per cent. of cases admitted for the different diseases in
1896 | 1897 | |
---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 4.0 | 2.7 |
Diphtheria | 22.6 | 21.8 |
Typhoid Fever | 60.0 | 12.5 |
All causes | 8.1 | 9.2 |