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Islington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1911] 146
If the figures in this Table (excluding the Public Institutions) be translated into percentages, the contrast with the preceding year will be best seen, for it shows the percentages of the houses responsible for 1, 2, 3, or more cases in the two years.
| 1910. | 1911. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses in which 1 case occurred | 85.45 | 84.02 | ||||
| 2 cases | 11.13 | 12.30 | ||||
| 3 | 2.05 | 2.92 | ||||
| 4 | 0.86 | 0.46 | ||||
| 5 | 0.51 | 0.15 | ||||
| 6 | ||||||
| 7 | ||||||
| 8 | 0.15 | |||||
| 100.00 | 100.00 | |||||
Here we find no very great difference between the two years. There was,
however, a slight decrease in 1911 in the percentage of houses in which single
attacks occurred, while there was an increase in the proportion of houses in
which there were 2 cases.
It is not easy to prevent the occurrence of secondary cases, because
frequently the infection has already been conveyed to another child or to
other children before the parents have recognised the serious nature of the
disease; and also because it is not always possible to prevent patients, on
their return home from the hospitals, bringing the infection with them;
although it should he distinctly understood that every possible care is taken to
prevent such an occurrence. It will be noticed in the Table that 8 cases
came from one house.
Table LXXXVIII.
| Sub-Districts. | 1st Quarter, | 2nd Quarter, | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter, | Whole Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | 8 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 60 |
| Upper Holloway | 19 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 69 |
| Tollington | 8 | 17 | 17 | 27 | 69 |
| Lower Holloway | 13 | 16 | 50 | 34 | 113 |
| Highbury | 17 | 14 | 16 | 46 | 93 |
| Barnsbury | 27 | 44 | 74 | 56 | 201 |
| Islington, South East | 33 | 25 | 50 | 91 | 199 |
| The Borough | 125 | 144 | 235 | 300 | 804 |