Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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156
1912]
The following are the particulars for the year:—
Houses. | Rooms. | ||
---|---|---|---|
1st quarter | 172 | 240 | |
2nd „ | 136 | 189 | |
3rd ,, | 114 | 197 | |
4th „ | 132 | 172 | |
Total | 554 | 798 |
The figures for the year contrast with those of the preceding six yeaxs as follows:—
Houses. | Rooms. | |
---|---|---|
1905 | 283 | 380 |
1906 | 258 | 369 |
1907 | 296 | 411 |
1908 | 281 | 361 |
1909 | 514 | 672 |
1910 | 481 | 645 |
1911 | 426 | 579 |
1912 | 554 | 798 |
EPIDEMIC CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.
The returns show that 13 cases were notified during the year, which is
the same number as in the preceding year.
The disease has now been notified since 1907, and altogether 69 cases
have been notified, of which 41 have died. The fatality is, therefore,
59.4 per cent It is no wonder that the disease is dreaded by most people.