Annual report of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, 1900 : (in two volumes). Vol. 2, Fifteenth report of the Statistical Committee with appendices.

  • Metropolitan Asylums Board (London, England). Statistical Committee.
Date:
1901
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Credit: Annual report of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, 1900 : (in two volumes). Vol. 2, Fifteenth report of the Statistical Committee with appendices. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This table is also of interest as showing the great variation from week to week in the percentages of cases admitted to hospital. The variations range from 65*32 (63*05)* to 85*40 (87'Jfi) in the case of scarlet fever; from 62*23 (56*91) to 87*91 {83*55) in the case of diphtheria; and from 35*00 ('20*63) to 65*57 (75*00) in the case of enteric fever. The following table, A2, shows the number of cases of infectious disease admissible to the Managers’ hospitals which were notified during the years 1890 to 1900:— Table A2.-—Number of cases of admissible Diseases^ notified during the years from 1890 to 1900. Years. Scarlet. Diphtheria. Enteric. Typhus. Smallpox. Relapsing Fever. % Continued Fever. J Totals. 1890 15,330 5,870 2,877 35 60 | 7 237 24,416 1891 11,398 5,907 3,372 27 114 39 152 21,009 1892 27,095 7,781 2,465 20 423 | 7 147 37,938 1893 36,901 13,026 3,663 22 2,8 IS 4 205 56,634 1894 18,440 10,655 3,360 21 1,192 2 162 33,832 1895 19,757 10,772 3,506 14 979 3 105 35,136 1896 25,647 13,362 3,190 6 225 o O 103 42,536 1897 22,848 12,803 3,103 4 104 1 67 38,930 1898 16,894 11,543 3,024 16 32 1 55 31,565 1899 18,089 13,346 4,453 13 29 1 69 36,000 1900 13,800 11,776 4,291 7 87 — 73 30,034 The proportion which the hospital admissions bear to the total number of cases is of great importance to the Managers in considering the question of the amount of accommodation which should be provided to meet the wants of the Metropolis. In this connection the following table will be of interest:— Table A3.—Percentage of Admissions to Notifications of each admissible Disease during the years 1890 to 1900. Diseases. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. Scarlet Fever 42-82 46-84 48-80 39-68 63-94 58-20 62-65 66-99 73-16 74-34 75-15 Diphtheria... 17-87 25-07 30-19 24-52 38-89 41*55 39-92 5164 62-12 69-69 72-48 Enteric Fever 22-49 27-34 25-27 20-01 20-24 24-13 27-02 30-36 36-64 40-78 47-70 Typhus Fever 42-86 70-37 60-00 36-36 61-90 42-86 33-33 50-00 87-50 84-62 57-14 N.B.- These percentages are exclusive of extra-metropolitan cases, but are not corrected for cases of mistaken diagnosis discovered after admission to hospital, and therefore do not correspond exactly with the percentages obtained by taking the corrected admissions as shown in Table I., p. 20. The proportion of scarlet fever admissions to notifications has risen from 42*82 to 75*15, of diphtheria cases from 17*87 to 72*48, and of enteric cases from 22*49 to 47*70. The low figures of 1893 were due to the fact that scarlet fever and diphtheria were unusually prevalent that year, and the Board’s hospital accommodation was quite inadequate. Enteric fever was more prevalent in the years 1899 and 1900 than in any previous year since the introduction of compulsory notification. * Italic figures in brackets throughout are the corresponding figures for 1899. t Cases of membranous croup are not included in this table. See note, pp. 18-14. 1 Although relapsing and continued fevers are admissible to the Managers’ hospitals, few cases so certified are sent in.