[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 141

Islington 1914

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[1914
ISOLATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The number of cases of infectious diseases isolated in hospital was 2,543,
and represented 86-3 per cent, of all the known cases.

Table: This is the largest percentage hitherto isolated, which may be seen from the statement which follows, for, whereas in 1896 it was only 48.4, it has gradually increased to nearly double what it was then.

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This is the largest percentage hitherto isolated, which may be seen from the statement which follows, for, whereas in 1896 it was only 48.4, it has gradually increased to nearly double what it was then.

1896	48.4 per cent.	1905	76.1 per cent.
1897	557	1906	77.1
1898	58.4	1907	80.0 "
1899	64.6 „	1908	80.4 "
1900	68.2 „	1909	83.2 "
1901	69.6 „	1910	81.6 "
1902	71.9 „	1911	80.5 "
1903	72.6 „	1912	84.1 "
1904	75.5 „	1913	85.9 "
		1914	86.3 „

Table: Particulars respecting each disease have been given under their various headings in that part of the report dealing with the notification of infectious diseases, but they are tabulated below for easy reference: —

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Particulars respecting each disease have been given under their various headings in that part of the report dealing with the notification of infectious diseases, but they are tabulated below for easy reference: —

Disease.	Cases.	Removed to Hospital	Percentage removed to Hospital.
Scarlet Fever	1,853	1,768	95.4
Diphtheria	659	612	92.9
Enteric Fever	76	68	89.5
Erysipelas	334	80	23.9
Puerperal Fever	25	15	60.0
Total	2,947	2,543	86.3

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Table: This is the largest percentage hitherto isolated, which may be seen from the statement which follows, for, whereas in 1896 it was only 48.4, it has gradually increased to nearly double what it was then.

Table: Particulars respecting each disease have been given under their various headings in that part of the report dealing with the notification of infectious diseases, but they are tabulated below for easy reference: —