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Islington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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33 1927
| Sub-Registration Districts. | Wards. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric Typhoid' Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | Tufnell | - | 102 | 59 | - | 3 | - | 12 | 6 | - | - | - | 182 |
| up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | - | 74 | 70 | 1 | - | - | 20 | 3 | - | - | - | 168 |
| Tollington | Tollington | - | 80 | 62 | - | 1 | - | 10 | 4 | - | - | - | 157 |
| Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | - | 142 | 94 | - | 5 | - | 15 | 2 | - | - | - | 258 |
| Highbury | Highbury | - | 49 | 55 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | 117 |
| Mildmay | - | 58 | 30 | - | 2 | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | -_ | 99 | |
| Barnsbury | Thornhill | - | 113 | 77 | - | - | - | 26 | 6 | - | - | - | 222 |
| Barnsbury | - | 48 | 84 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | 143 | |
| Isington, S.E. | St. Mary's | - | 44 | 62 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 114 |
| Canonbury | - | 100 | 57 | - | - | - | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | 172 | |
| St. Peter's | - | 99 | 66 | - | - | - | 13 | 3 | - | - | - | 181 | |
| Totals | - | 909 | 716 | 4 | 12 | - | 139 | 33 | - | - | - | 1813 | |
| Attack-Rates per 1,000 population ...... | - | 2.72 | 2.14 | 0.01 | 0.03 | - | 0.42 | 0.10 | - | - | - | 5.42 |
OTHER NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
The diseases which are notifiable in Islington include those which have since
been added by Order, and the complete list is as follows : Small Pox, Cholera,
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Erysipelas, the disease known as Scarlatina or
Scarlet Fever, the fevers known by any of the following names : Typhus, Typhoid,
Enteric, Relapsing, Continued or Puerperal, and also the following infectious
diseases : Anthrax, Acute Encephalitis Lethargica, Acute Polio-Encephalitis, Acute
Poliomyelitis, Acute Primary Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal Pneumonia, Cerebrospinal
fever or Epidemic Cerebro-spinal Meningitis, Dysentery, Glanders or
Farcy, Hydrophobia or Rabies, Malaria, Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Plague, Trench
Fever, and Tuberculosis.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Six cases were notified from this disease during the year, as contrasted with 12 in 1926, and 1 in 1925. No death was registered during the year.
| 1927 | 1926 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1st Quarter | Nil | Nil | 2 | Nil |
| 2nd | 1 | ” | 1 | ” |
| 3rd | 3 | ” | 3 | ” |
| 4th | 2 | ” | 6 | ” |
| 6 | Nil | 12 | Nil | |
Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
Seven cases were notified, as against eleven in 1926. During the ten years
1917-1926, the cases averaged 12 per annum.