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Islington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1911]
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Indeed, not only is the improvement apparent in the annual fatality, but it is equally so when the periods are examined quarter by quarter.
| Decennial Periods. | Attacks. | Deaths. | Fatality. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter | 1891-00 | 591 | 65 | 11.0 |
| 1901-10 | 476 | 37 | 7.8 | |
| Decrease | 115 | 28 | 3.2 | |
| Second Quarter | 1891-00 | 624 | 61 | 9.8 |
| 1901-10 | 468 | 28 | 5.9 | |
| Decrease | 156 | 33 | 4.9 | |
| Third Quarter | 1891-00 | 853 | 75 | 8.8 |
| 1901-10 | 585 | 31 | 5.3 | |
| Decrease | 268 | 44 | 3.5 | |
| Fourth Quarter | 1891-00 | 987 | 91 | 9.2 |
| 1901-10 | 650 | 40 | 6.1 | |
| Decrease | 337 | 51 | 3.1 |
These figures are extremely satisfactory, for they show that the decrease
in the fatality has not been confined to any particular season of the year, but
has been common to each alike. We will see when we come to examine each
of the notifiable infectious diseases separately, to what extent the reduction
has occurred in them.
Hospital Isolation.—Of the 1,759 cases of the diseases notified under
the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, 1,416 were isolated
or treated in hospitals. These represent 80.5 per cent, of the cases, which is
only 1.1 per cent. below that of the preceding year.
SMALL POX.
No case of the disease was notified, although 63 were known in London,
distributed in ten of its boroughs. Of these cases 39 occurred in Stepney and
11 in Poplar. In England and Wales 265 cases were notified, representing a
rate of 0.01 per 1,000 of their population, as compared with a rate of 0.01 in
London.
Fatality.—The fatality from Small Pox in Islington during twenty years
has not decreased; on the contrary it has risen from 3.0 in the decennimum
1891-00 to 16.6 per cent. in 1901-10.