[Report 1901] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1901
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    SCARLET FEVER. The number of cases of scarlet fever notified during 1901 was 3,317, of which 2,795, or 84 per cent., were treated in hospital. The deaths in 1901 numbered 131, representing a death-rate of 172 per million living. The case-rate for the City was 4,355 per million living. For several periods the rate has been as follows:— Average of 10 years, 1881-90, „ 7 „ 1891-1900, „ 1900, „ 1901, ... •490 per 1,000 living. •295 •278 J) J 5 •172 J) The death-rate per 100,000 from the disease in several large towns for several periods is as follows : Death-rate per 100,000. 1891-1900. 1901. Glasgow, ... 30 18 Edinburgh, 23 11 Dundee, 10 5 Aberdeen, ... 22 6 Paisley, 20 13 Greenock, .., 21 41 London, 19 13 Liverpool, ... 29 27 Manchester, 23 23 . Birmingham, 17 30 The number of cases registered, with the proportion treated in hospital, the proportion of deaths occurring there, and the case-mortality for each year since 1891, are stated in the following Table:— TABLE XVI.—Scarlet Fever. Year. Cases. Deaths. Case- mortality. Per Cent. Number. Rate per Million. Per Cent. Treated in Hospital. Number. Rate per Million. Per Cent. Occurring in Hospital. 1891 3,045 5,383 62-8 201 355 69-2 6-6 1892 4,844 7,257 62-7 301 451 63-5 6-2 1893 4,027 5,973 70-9 267 396 68-9 6-6 1894 3,930 5,701 73-7 210 307 70-0 5-3 1895 3,502 5,051 75-5 184^/1 265 76-6 5-3 1896 2,728 3.879 78-9 143 ? 203 82-5 5-2 1897 2,955 4,130 75-5 130 f 182 77-7 4-4 1898 3,620 4,947 82-3 190^C 260 76-3 5-2 1899 4,728 6.327 83-8 205 Cl ; 274 71-7 4-3 1900 4,162 5,508 85-7 210 i 0< 278 77-6 5-0 1901 3,317 4,355 84-3 131 V. ' 172 80T 3-9 District Deaths and Death-rates. In the following Table the number of cases and the case-rates for 1901, with the deaths and death-rates for 1901 and several other periods, are stated for each of the sanitary districts :—