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Islington 1914

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

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134
1914]
THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS.
One thousand three hundred and ninety-three cases of the notifiable
infectious diseases, or 47.3 per cent, of all the cases notified under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, occurred among the scholars attending the Public
Elementary Schools of the borough, of which 1,032 were Scarlet Fever, 350
Diphtheria and 11 Enteric Fever.
These contrast with a ten years' average of 835 scholars and a percentage
of 42.7 of the total cases notified.

Table: Table XCV.Showing theScholarsattacked by theNotifiable Infectious Diseasesin thePublic Elementary Schools.

Table XCV.

Showing theScholarsattacked by theNotifiable Infectious Diseasesin thePublic Elementary Schools.

Year.By Small Pox.By Scarlet Fever.By Diphtheria.By Enteric Fever.By Other Diseases.Total Scholars attacked.Proportion to ever 100 cases notified.
1904..571138282075739.0
1905..640138312383243.2
1906..78517733399843.9
1907..60821611183640.5
1908..80923019..105846.2
1909..73718416193845.8
1910..36919713..57938.0
1911..42427214..71040.4
1912..4302017..63840.5
1913..7582523..1,01346.6
Ten years' Average..61320017583542.7
1914..1,032350111,39347.3
Increase or Decrease on Average..+ 419+ 150-6-5+ 558+ 4.6