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Islington 1900

Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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Table J. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1900.—Metropolitan Borough of Islington.

Notifiable disease.Cases Notified in whole District.Total Cases notified in each Locality.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality.
At all Ages.At Agest—Years.12345671234567
Upper HollowayLower HollowayHighburyBarnsburySouth EastTotalInstitutions.Upper HollowayLower HollowayHighburyBarnsburySouth EastTotalInstitutions
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwards
Small Pox2..1......1..11....2....1......1..
Cholera..........................................
Diphtheria624142122797445..171621239017862411155385731454711
Membranous Croup9..81......211329..1..11..3..
Erysipelas2859915421842610130374572285202679665418
Scarlet Fever1,0741628560912143..2651382421512781,07441751101841332318334
Typhus Fever1........1......1....1......1....1..
Enteric Fever259• •9827394193255049422591062193237311818
Relapsing Fever..........................................
Continued Fever6....33......32..16......1....1..
Puerperal Fever16......412• •7332116..331....7..
Plague..........................................
Totals2,27639524989317379286392634603405742,276‡353821933142504131,552‡31

Notes.—The localities adopted for this table should be the same as those in Tables II. and IV.
State the name of the isolation hospital, if any, used by the sick of the district. Mark (H) the locality in which it is situated, or if not within the district, state
where it is situated, and in what district.
* This space may be used for record of other disease the notification (compulsory or voluntary) of which is in force in the district.
† These age columns for notifications should be filled up in all cases where the Medical Officer of Health, by inquiry or otherwise, has obtained the necessary
information.
‡These cases are included in the Grand Total.