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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Table LXXIII.
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. | |
1904 | 347 | .. | 347 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 8.1 | - 10.3 |
1905 | 351 | .. | 351 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 9.7 | - 7.3 |
1906 | 437 | 2 | 439 | 30 | 2 | 32 | 7.3 | - 8.6 |
1907 | 480 | 1 | 481 | 41 | 1 | 42 | 8.7 | - 5.2 |
1908 | 522 | 8 | 530 | 59 | 1 | 60 | 11.3 | - 1.6 |
1909 | 425 | 5 | 430 | 30 | 1 | 31 | 7.2 | - 5.2 |
1910 | 463 | 8 | 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 |
1913 | 546 | 4 | 550 | 37 | — | 37 | 6.7 | - 1.8 |
1904-13 | 4,673 | 35 | 4,708 | 382 | 7 | 389 | 8.2 | — |
1914 | 651 | 8 | 659 | 44 | — | 44 | 6.7 | - 1.5 |
* The last column shows the departure from the average fatality of the ten years preceding the
year indicated.
Table LXXIV.
Quarter. | Cases Nursed at Home. | Cases Nursed at Hospitals. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases 1 | Deaths. 2 | Percentage Fatality 3 | Cases. 4 | Deaths. 5 | Percentage Fatality. 6 | |
1St | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 159 | 2 | 1.2 |
2nd | 12 | 1 | 8.3 | 134 | 7 | 5.2 |
3rd | 10 | — | — | 158 | 9 | 5.7 |
4th | 12 | 2 | 17.0 | 161 | 19 | 11.8 |
Year | 47 | 7 | 14.9 | 612 | 37 | 6.0 |
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