Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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23 1927
1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | |||||||
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Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates, | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
Enteric Fever | 4 | 0.01 | 7 | 0.02 | 5* | 0.02 | 3* | 0.01 | 1 | 0.00 | - | - |
Small Pox | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 149 | 0.50 | 114 | 0.39 | 12 | 0.04 | 92 | 0.27 | 27 | 0.08 | 134 | 0.40 |
Scarlet Fever | 4 | 0.01 | 8 | 0.03 | 14 | 0. 4 | 12 | 0.04 | 19 | 0.06 | 29 | 0.09 |
Whooping Cough | 45 | 015 | 147 | 0.51 | 17 | 0.05 | 70 | 0.21 | 43 | 013 | 98 | 0.29 |
Diphtheria | 33 | 0.11 | 45 | 0.16 | 51 | 0.16 | 1.35 | 0.40 | 110 | 0.33 | 59 | 0.18 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 106 | 18.16 per 1,000 births | 4 | 15.78 per 1,000 births | 85 | 13.53 per 1,000 births | 77 | 8.19 per 1,000 births | 156 | 19.78 per 1,000 births | 71 | 9.46 per 1,000 births |
1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | Mean 10 years | 1927 | |||||||
Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates, | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
Enteric Fever | - | - | 4 | 0.01 | 4 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.09 | - | - |
Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 16 | 0.05 | 103 | 0.30 | 22 | 0.06 | 69 | 0.20 | 74 | 0.23 | 29 | 0.09 |
Scarlet Fever | 13 | 0.04 | 10 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.02 | 12 | 0.03 | 13 | 0.04 | 8 | 0.02 |
Whooping Cough | 38 | 0.11 | 57 | 0.17 | 61 | 0.20 | 29 | 0.09 | 60 | 0.18 | 45 | 0.14 |
Diphtheria | 21 | 0.06 | 33 | 0.09 | 21 | 0.06 | 31 | 0.09 | 54 | 0.17 | 25 | 0.07 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 103 | 14.51 per 1,000 births | 52 | 7.65 per 1,000 births | 69 | 10.54 per 1,000 births | 69 | 10.68 per 1,000 births | 87 | 12.60 per 1,000 births | 48 | 7.79 per 1,000 births |
* Including 2 Malarial Fever. |
Ages. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The year | ||||||||||
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Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea, | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | |
under 1 year | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 38 |
1 to 5 years | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Over 5 years | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Totals | 1 | 7 | 8 | - | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 19 | 36 | 55 |
INFLUENZA.
Influenza caused 152 deaths during. the year and showed an increase of 101
on the return for the year 1926, but were 52 below the average of the preceding
ten years 1917-26. The death-rate was equal to 0.45 per 1,000 inhabitants.