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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T able LXXII.
Year. | Cases. | Deaths. | Fatality. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Total of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Total of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Deaths to 100 cases of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Departure from Average Fatality of 10 years.* | |||
1903 | 452 | 41 | 9.4 | - 10.0 | ||||||
1904 | 347 | .. | 27 | 1 | - 10.3 | |||||
1905 | 351 | 351 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 9.7 | -7.3 | |||
1906 | 437 | 439 | 30 | 32 | 7.3 | -8.6 | ||||
1907 | 480 | 1 | 481 | 41 | 1 | 42 | 8.7 | -5.2 | ||
1908 | 522 | 530 | 59 | 1 | 60 | 11.3 | -1.6 | |||
1909 | 425 | 5 | 430 | 30 | 1 | 31 | 7.2 | - 5.2 | ||
1910 | 463 | 471 | 34 | — | 34 | 7.2 | - 4.1 | |||
1911 | 590 | 3 | 593 | 53 | — | 58 | 8.9 | - 1.3 | ||
1912 | 512 | 4 | 516 | 38 | — | 38 | 7.3 | - 2.0 | ||
1903-12 | 4,579 | 34 | 4,613 | 386 | 395 | 8.5 | — | |||
1913 | 546 | 4 | 550 | 37 | — | 37 | 6.7 | - 1.8 |
* The last column shows the departure from the average fatality of the ten years preceding the
year indicated.
1 | 4 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 11 | |||||
— | — | 126 | 11 | |||
— | — | 128 | ||||
— | — | |||||
1 | 2.6 |
Note — In comparing columns 3 and 6 it must not be forgotten that it is only the mildest cases
which as a rule are retained at home. The worst cases are invariably hurried to hospital.