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Islington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1914
Table LXXIX.
Showing the number of Cases of the several Notifiable Infectious Diseases
which occurred during each of the Ten Years 1904-13 and in 1914.
| diseases. | YEARS | Corrected average number of cases. | — | Increase or Decrease | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1904-1913. | 1914 | ||
| Small Pox | 17 | 3† | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | -3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1146 | 1198 | 1386 | 1216 | 1409 | 1285 | 730 | 804 | 811 | 1317 | 1130 | 1853 | +723 |
| Diphtheria | 347 | 351 | 437 | 480 | 522 | 425 | 463 | 590 | 512 | 546 | 467 | 651 | +184 |
| Membranous Croup | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 |
| Enteric Fever | 126 | 100 | 149 | 92 | 97 | 95 | 89 | 73 | 49 | 50 | 92 | 76 | -16 |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 280 | 252 | 274 | 252 | 235 | 221 | 212 | 275 | 185 | 226 | 241 | 334 | +93 |
| Puerperal Fever | 24 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 28 | 20 | 25 | +5 |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 1941 | 1928 | 2275 | 2063 | 2289 | 2049 | 1525 | 1759 | 1577 | 2171 | 1957 | 2947 | +990 |
† 1 Case returned after a few days not Small Pox.