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ISOLATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
As many as 1,247 cases out of the 1,525 that were notified under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891 were isolated in Hospital, representing 8r8
per cent, of all the notified cases. This percentage is the largest which has
been recorded in Islington, with one exception, viz., 83.2 in 1909, as may be
judged by the following figures :—
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
48.4 per cent.
557
58.4
64.6 „
68.2 „
69.6
7.9
72.6 „
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
75.5 Per cen*76.1
77.1
8o.o „
80.4 „
83.2
81.6
The Metopolitan Asylums Board, as usual, isolated the largest number of
these cases, and out of 1,247 persons removed from their homes, 1,120 were
taken to their hospitals.
Scarlet Fever.—690 cases out of 730, or 94-5 per cent., were isolated
and treated in hospitals, and of these, 556, or 8o"6 per cent., were removed to
one or other of the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
Diphtheria.—438 cases, or 93 per cent, of the 471 cases notified, were
isolated in hospital, and of these, 332 were treated in the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's Hospitals. Only 33, or 7 per cent., remained at home.
Enteric Fever.—Of the 89 cases that were notified, 65, or 73 per cent,
were removed to hospital, while 24, or 27 per cent., remained at home.
Erysipelas.—212 cases were known, of which 41, or 19.3 per cent., were
treated in hospitals. Nearly all these occurred in the institutions in which
they were treated.
Puerperal Fever.—10 cases out of 20 that occurred, or 50 per cent.,
were treated in hospital, while an equal number was treated at home,