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Southwark 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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exactly the case, other advantages, such as the removal of the cases
from the poorer homes, and the increasing mildness of the complaint
which may ho reasonably put forward as a likely effect, must be taken as
of considerable value.
The total number of cases notified was 1,275 this year, as against
1,470 for 1906.
The percentage of deaths to the total cases notified was 2.7.
The annual mortality per 1,000 living was 0.16.
The number of cases notified, as compared with London, during the last ten years was:—
| In Southwark. | In London. | In South wark. | In London. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | 1,007 | 16,920 | 1903 | 512 | 12,531 |
| 1899 | 837 | 18,094 | 1904 | 415 | 13,438 |
| 1900 | 689 | 13,809 | 1905 | 776 | 19,461 |
| 1901 | 1,301 | 18.390 | 1906 | 1,470 | 20,329 |
| 1902 | 1,098 | 18,394 | 1907 | 1,275 | 25,925 |
Number of deaths from Scarlet Fever during the last ten years:—
| In Southwark. | In London. | In Southwark. | In London | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | 45 | 581 | 1903 | 18 | 361 |
| 1899 | 21 | 398 | 1904 | 12 | 365 |
| 1900 | 22 | 361 | 1905 | 28 | 549 |
| 1901 | 54 | 584 | 1906 | 45 | 533 |
| 1902 | 42 | 560 | 1907 | 35 | 644 |
Of the 1,275 cases notified in the present year, as many as 1,232
were removed to hospital, i.e., 966 per cent. as against 97.l per cent. for
last year.
The deaths in the 1,232 cases sent to hospital numbered 34, a
mortality of 2.7 per cent. as against 3.2 per cent. for last year.
In the 43 cases treated at home, which evidently were very mild in
character, there was one death, a mortality of 2.3 per cent.
It is our practice to spray the room well with formalin and to strip
the paper off the walls in the process of disinfection after Scarlet Fever.
In the event of the room boing verminous it is afterwards fumigated with
sulphur.
The Wards moat affected were St. Michael's, All Saints', St.
Mary's and Trinity.