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Islington 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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[1928

Table: Showing the number ofCasesandAttack Ratesof the severalNotifiable InfectiousDiseases which occurred, during each of the Ten Years 1918-27 and in1928.

Showing the number ofCasesandAttack Ratesof the severalNotifiable Infectious

Diseases which occurred, during each of the Ten Years 1918-27 and in1928.

DISEASES.YEARS.Average number of cases, 1918-271928Increase or Decrease
1918191919201921192219231924192519261927
Small PoxCases22------1-14+3
Rate0.000.00-—-—-—0.00—0.000.01+0.01
DiphtheriaCases514645132415481126889854911743716927756—171
Rate1.801.963.944.653.372.642.482.692.192.142.812.33-0.48
Membranous CroupCases44454222—434+1
Rate0.010.010.010.020.010.000.000.00—0.010.010.01—
Scarlet FeverCases4321084130726221496108010771139101090912161305+89
Rate1.513.293.897.874.483.213.133.362.982.723.684.02+0.34
Enteric FeverCases30162410916141018121619+3
Rate0.100.050.070.030.030.050.040.030.050.030.050.06+0.01
Continued FeverCases—1————3—1————
Rate—0.00--——0.01—0.00————
Puerperal Fever*Cases42929342022192327332438+14
Rate0.770.463.084.312.683.102.793.504.185.403.476.56+3.09
ErysipelasCases14121216512513287116109118139134134—
Rate0.490.640.490.380.390.260.340.320.350.420.410.41—
TotalsCases112719932853434427872096208521941918181323212260—61
Rate3.936.058.4913.058.346.226.066.475.655.427.036.96—0.07

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* Per 1,000 Registered Births.

Table: Showing theCasesof theNotifiable Infectious Diseasesnotified in theSub-Registration Districtsand theWardsduring the Year1928.

Showing theCasesof theNotifiable Infectious Diseasesnotified in theSub-Registration Districtsand theWardsduring the Year1928.

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.
TufnellTufnell111763-3-86---198
Up. Holloway TollingtonUp. Holloway-14489-3--2---249
Tollington-1758314-162---281
Lr. Holloway HighburyLr. Holloway-187902—-95---293
Highbury-846111-162---165
Mildmay-9747—2-124---162
BamsburyThornhill-15785——-176---265
Barnsbury-7163——-54---143
Islington, S.E.St. Mary's-7961—2-102---154
Canonbury29245—3-173---162
St. Peter's110269—1-132---188
Totals41,305756419—13438———2,260
Attack-Rates per 1,000 population0.014.022.330.010.06—0.410.12—--6.96

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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, and
Tuberculosis.