London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
This page requires JavaScript
159
[1911
T able CVl.
| diseases. | years. | Corrected average number of cases. | — | Increase or Decrease. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1901-1910. | 1911. | ||
| Small Pox | 50 | 276 | 9 | 17 | 3+ | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 35 | —35 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1286 | 372 | 865 | 1146 | 1198 | 1386 | 1216 | 14O9 | 1285 | 730 | 1174 | —370 | |
| Diphtheria | 902 | 871 | 452 | 347 | 351 | 437 | 480 | 552 | 425 | 463 | 518 | +72 | |
| Membranous Croup | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Enteric Fever | 281 | 257 | 130 | 126 | 100 | 149 | 92 | 97 | 95 | 89 | 140 | —67 | |
| Typhus Fever | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | —1 | ||
| Eiysipelas | 285 | 357 | 227 | 280 | 252 | 274 | 252 | 235 | 221 | 212 | 256 | + 19 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 34 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 17 | H | 20 | 22 | —8 | |
| Continued Fever | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | — 1 | ||||
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... | ||||
| Totals | 2852 | 3164 | 1707 | 1941 | 1928 | 2275 | 2063 | 2289 | 2049 | 1525 | 2151 | —392 | |
I Case returned after a few days not Small Pox.