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Islington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1911] 140
THE NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Small Pox, Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Enteric or Typhoid Fever, Typhus
Fever, Erysipelas, Continued Fever, Relapsing Fever, and Cholera.
The returns showed that 1,759 cases of the above diseases were notified
during 1911, as compared with 1,525 in the preceding year, and with an annual
average of 2,617 in the preceding twenty years. Only on two previous
occasions have there been so few cases notified in the borough, namely, in
1910, when, as already stated, they numbered 1,525, and in 1903, when they
were 1,707.
The cases were in the proportion of 5.37 to every 1,000 of the population,
as contrasted with 7.89 in the years 1891-1910. The record for the year was,
therefore, good.
The full returns for preceding years are set out below:—
| Years. | Cases. | Attack-rates. per 1,000 inhabitants. | Years. | Cases. | Attack-rates per 1,000 inhabitants. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 2,059 | 6.43 | 1902 | 3,164 | 9.29 |
| 1892 | 3,318 | 10.26 | 1903 | 1,707 | 5.12 |
| 1893 | 4,853 | 14.84 | 1904 | 1941 | 5.84 |
| 1894 | 3.121 | 9.44 | 1905 | 1,928 | 5.8I |
| 1895 | 2,839 | 8.50 | 1906 | 2.275 | 6.87 |
| 1896 | 3,824 | 11.32 | 1907 | 2,063 | 6.25 |
| 1897 | 2,906 | 8.62 | 1908 | 2,289 | 6.82 |
| 1898 | 2,418 | 7.18 | 1909 | 2,049 | 6.23 |
| 1899 | 2,943 | 8.75 | 1910 | 1,525 | 4.65 |
| 1900 | 2,276 | 6.78 | |||
| 1901 | 2,852 | 8.52 | 1891-1910 | 52,350 | 7.89 |
| 1911 | 1,759 | 5.37 |
The Sub-Registration Districts.—The attack-rate, by which is meant
the number of cases per 1,000 inhabitants, varied considerably in the several
sub-districts, ranging from 6.98 in Barnsbury to 3.26 in Highbury, which is a
difference of more than fifty per cent. in favour of the latter place, and which
is to be accounted for by the two facts (a) that Highbury is much less
crowded, containing only 77 persons to the acre, while Barnsbury contains
171; and (b) that the people in Highbury are of a higher social status.