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Islington 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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[1914

Table: The subsequent statement, which was given last year, is now reprinted because it contains important figures which show what a difference there is between the fatality from these diseases when notification became compulsory nnd in recent years.

The subsequent statement, which was given last year, is now reprinted because it contains important figures which show what a difference there is between the fatality from these diseases when notification became compulsory nnd in recent years.

YearsCases.Deaths.Fatality.
18912,05925812.5
18923,3182918.7
18934,8533837.9
18943,12133910.8
18952,8392669.3
18963,82439010.2
18972,9062588.8
18982,4181737.1
18992.9432388.1
19002,2762028.8
19012,8522508.7
19023,1642688.4
19031,7071086.3
19041,9411196.1
19051,9281075.5
19062,2751155.0
19072,0631004.8
19082,2891265.5
19092,049874.2
19101,525795.2
19111,7591045.9
19121,577623.9
19132,171763.5
19142,9471123.8
Total60,8044,5117.4

Table: Not only the fatality but the actual number of cases have also decreased. As this can only be properly appreciated when divided into quinquennial periods, statement, given last year is reprinted.

Not only the fatality but the actual number of cases have also decreased. As this can only be properly appreciated when divided into quinquennial periods, statement, given last year is reprinted.

Cases.Deaths,
Periods.Number.Average.NumberAverage.Fatality.
1891-9516,1903,23B1,5373079.49
1896-190014,3672,8731,2612528.78
1901-190511,5922,3188521707.35
1906-1010,2012,0405071214.96
1911-148,4542,H3354884.19
(4 years)

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Hospital Isolation —The proportion of cases isolated in Infectious
Disease Hospitals continues to increase, so that during the year no less than
2,543 out of 2,947 cases notified were isolated in hospital. This represents the
high figure of 86.3 per cent, of all the cases notified, and is the largest proportion
hitherto recorded.
More and more do people desire the removal of their children, and, for
the matter of that, of adults, to the Metropolitan Asylum Boards Hospitals,
when they are attacked, and, indeed, at times this demand for isolation is unreasonable
as in many instances the parents might easily arrange for the proper