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Islington 1914

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

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[1914

Table: Table CI.Showing theCases of Infectious Disease removedto theMetropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitalsfor treatment and isolation during

Table CI.

Showing theCases of Infectious Disease removedto theMetropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals

for treatment and isolation during

Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.•Other Diseases.Total Admissions.Total Deaths.
Eastern..183565..4729111
North Eastern..712133....14999426
North Western..21621627..8454332
Western..1516....9402
South Western..11....68..
The Grove..........221
Brook Hospital....1......1..
South Eastern..1812....16461
Joyce Green..377......123895
Convalescent Hospital..............
Orchard..30........30..
Small Pox................
Totals..1,55243532..3252,34478

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* Including cases of Measles, Whooping Cough, Puerperal Fever, Cerebro-Spinal Fever and
Polio-Myelitis.
OCCUPATIONS OF PERSONS ATTACKED WITH INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
The following Table is of much interest as it shows the occupations of the
patients suffering from the several notifiable infectious diseases, and indicates,
as previously pointed out in these Annual Reports, how easily these diseases
may be carried from the workers, whether employed at home or in workshops,
to the public.