Report for the year 1897 of the statistical committee, with appendices : (12th year of issue) / Metropolitan Asylums Board.

  • Metropolitan Asylums Board (London, England). Statistical Committee.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Report for the year 1897 of the statistical committee, with appendices : (12th year of issue) / Metropolitan Asylums Board. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Scarlet Fever.— Table I Va.—Admissions, Deaths, and Mortality per cent, of Scarlet Fever Patients during 1897, divided according to age and sex. Males. Females. Total. AGES. Admitted. Died. Mortality per cent. Admitted. Died. Mortality per cent. Admitted. Died. Mortality per cent. Under 1 93 17 18-3 86 22 25-6 179 39 21-8 1 to 2 282 51 181 292 37 12-7 574 88 15‘3 2 „ 3 ... 555 68 12-3 558 47 8-4 1,113 115 10-3 3 55 4 736 67 9 1 746 65 8-7 1,482 132 8-9 4 „ 5 ... 779 41 5-3 813 31 3-8 1,592 72 4-5 Totals under^ 5 years ...j 2,445 244 10-0 2,495 202 8T 4,940 446 9-0 5 to 10 ... 2,826 53 1*8 3,206 77 2 4 6,032 130 2-2 10 ,, 15 ... 1,270 17 1 -3 1,362 6 0-4 2,632 23 0-9 15 ,, 20 430 5 1-2 382 3 0-8 812 8 1*0 20 „ 25 156 4 N 186 1 5 r 342 5 -* [ 25 ,, 30 ... 71 1 101 • • • 172 1 30 ,.35 33 1 70 1 103 2 35 ,, 40 ... 17 • • • ] 21 38 ... 40 ,, 45 7 3 > 3*1 < 15 • • • 0*7 i 22 3 > 1-7 45 ,, 50 ... 7 ... 6 1 13 1 50 ,, 55 ... 3 . • • 3 • • ' 6 ... 55 ,, 60 • • • ... • • • ... ... ... And upwards ... ... 1 v 1 ... l 1 I Grand Totals 7,265 328 4*5 7,848 291 3-7 15,113 619 4-1 N.B.—The above table includes deaths within 48 hours after admission, as well as deaths from intercurrent maladies. The total admissions of scarlet fever cases in 1897 were 15,113, as compared with 15,982 in 1896 : the female were 583 in excess of the male admissions. The total mortality, calculated on the admissions, was 4*06 per cent., as compared with 4*2 in 1896. The following table is compiled from the Summary Tables since 1892, the year when the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, came into operation, permitting the admission, free of charge, of any person reasonably believed to be suffering from fever, diphtheria, or smallpox.