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Islington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1910] 66
Towards the end of the year the Medical Officer of Health felt it his duty
to recommend the Council to keep a supply of anti-toxin for the treatment of
Diphtheria in families which could not afford to pay for it, and which would also
be available for members of the medical profession who required it in times of
urgency. The matter was duly considered by the Public Health Committee
who brought up a recommendation to the Council to follow the advice tendered
to them, especially as under an Order of the Local Government Board, dated
August 15th, 1910, the provision of a temporary supply of anti-toxin for the
poorer inhabitants in a Metropolitan Borough was sanctioned. The report is
attached as an appendix to the present Annual Report.
The following Table give particulars as to the deaths from Diphtheria
during the year.
Table XXXIX.
| Sub-Districts. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Whole Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Upper Holloway | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Tollington .. | •• | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Lower Holloway | .. | • • | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Highbury | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
| Barnsbury | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Islington, South East | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| The Borough | 9 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
WHOOPING COUGH.
One hundred and twenty-four deaths were registered from this disease as
compared with 86 in 1909, 55 in 1908, 120 in 1907, and 75 in 1906. Indeed,
• the deaths from it have been more numerous than in any year since
1903, when 152 occurred. However unsatisfactory this may be, there is this
much to be said that the mortality from whooping cough is declining in