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[1911

TYPHUS FEVER.
No case was known, and only six cases occurred during the preceding
ten years, several of which were of a doubtful character. The disease, so
far as Islington is concerned, may be looked on as extinct or as a negligible
quantity.
ERYSIPELAS.
275 cases were notified, as compared with 212 in the preceding year, and
with a corrected average of 256 in the preceding ten years. The cases are
therefore, 19 above the decennial average.
The attack-rate was equal to 0.84 per 1,000, and was above the rate of
0.69 which obtained in England and Wales; but was considerably below the
rate of 1.07 for the County of London. In the County Boroughs of England
it was 0.81, and in the boroughs which encircle Islington 1.33.
Hospital Isolation.—This is a disease in which comparatively few
cases are removed to hospital; indeed, only those which are most severe and
require most careful treatment are taken there. Thus we find that out of the
275 cases, only 62, or 22.6 per cent., were treated in hospital, as contrasted with
213, or 77.4 per cent, who remained at home.
Fatality.—12 deaths occurred among the cases, representing a fatality
rate of 4.3 per cent. With the exception of Scarlet Fever this was the lowest
rate recorded among the diseases notifiable under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891.