[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.

  • Nottingham (England). City Council.
Date:
1896
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Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    females 27*8). J he cases between 5 and 10 years were both less than the normal (40 per cent.). The cases between 10 and 15 years were nearly twice as numerous as usual (nearly 20 per cent., as compared with a normal 11 per cent ) These facts hold good, equally, whether we include or exclude the cases nursed at home. Age and sex distribution of non-fatal and fatal cases of Scarlet Fever admitted to Bagthorpe Hospital during 1896. MALES. FEMALE3. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths Under 1 year • • 3 • 1 4 Between 1 and 2 years 11 1 12 1 it 2 and 3 „ 13 2 20 6 it 3 and 4 28 m _ 31 3 it 4 and 5 „ 31 2 32 tt 5 and 10 „ 112 1 128 9 It 10 and 15 „ 53 , — 71 a ] 5 arid 20 „ 22 # — 30 u 20 and 25 „ 9 • — 7 tt 2) and 30 „ 4 — 6 it 30 and 35 „ - _ 1 o 35 and 40 „ 2 * _ u 40 and 45 u — _ n 45 and 50 „ 1 u 50 and 55 „ - . - - - Totals , . 289 6 312 19 Total cases, 631. * Total deaths, 25. Case mortality, 3 96%. These represent the total deaths among the cases admitted durirm the year, six of which occurred after the end of the year. Tut the most extraordinary circumstance of all connected with the local age and sex distribution of scarlet fever, is the very high rate of mortality at certain age periods among the females. 1 cm ales aic commonly somewhat more liable to attack than males, but their death-rate is normally lower than that of the males. The male deaths were here equal to a case mortality of 2-07 per cent., whereas those of the females amounted to 5*5 per cent._ more than 2 J times greater. Among female children aged between 2 and 3 years, there were 20 cases and 6 deaths. The death-rate here is no less than 30 per cent. Between 3 and 5 years there were 31 female cases, and 3 deaths—a mortality of nearly 10 per cent. Between 5 and 10 years there were 128 cases and 9 deaths —a mortality of over 7 per cent. However, I am bound to call this high female mortality accidental, in the total absence of any other reasonable explanation.