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Islington 1937

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

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(M inistry of H ealth R eturn.)

Notifiable Infectious Diseases during theYear 1937.

Disease.Ages.Totals.Total Cases removed to Hospital
Under65 and
11—22—33—44—55—1010—1515—2020—3535—4545—65upwds
Small PoxNotifications..........................................
Deaths..........................................
Scarlet FeverNotifications2414961703041042847125...723711
Deaths.........1......1...1.........33
DiphtheriaNotifications103450545226181224667...623622
Deaths1221355.........1...2020
Enteric FeverNotifications............121215......1212
Deaths........................1.........11
Puerperal FeverNotifications........................143......1715
Deaths........................62......88
Puerperal PyrexiaNotifications........................4233......7569
Deaths..........................................
Acute Primary and Influenzal PneumoniaNotifications1055117121083437512521561
Deaths5311.........1711577516182
Ophthalmia NeonatorumNotifications34.................................3423
Deaths..........................................
Encephalitis LethargicaNotifications..................1...............1...
Deaths........................2...1...33
Cerebro Spinal FeverNotifications21.........2...22...1...1010
Deaths31...............2......1...77
Acute PoliomyelitisNotifications...............1..................11
Deaths....................................1......11
Anthrax.Notifications...........................1......11
Deaths...........................1......11
Dysentery .Notifications...923582...51223939
Deaths1..............................122
MalariaNotifications..........................................
Deaths..........................................
ErysipelasNotifications8121...221116374130151107
Deaths2...........................3165
Continued FeverNotifications...........................1......11
Deaths..........................................
Chicken Pox (except in the vaccinated under* 10 years)Notifications1333212231207701612.........42530
l_ Deaths................................................

102
1937