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Islington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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then the numbers have been 20 in 1911, 9 in 1912, 19 in 1913, and 23 in 1914.
These figures, it will be seen, contrast very favourably with those of former
years, and the borough is o be congratulated on the fact, for undoubtedly this
is a very serious disease of young life; how serious it was in previous years
may be seen from the Medical Officer of Health's Annual Report for 1909,
where an account is given of its malignant nature in former years.
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DIPHTHERIA.
The deaths from this disease numbered 44, and were equal to a death-rate
of 013 per 1,000 of the inhabitants. They show an increase of 6 on the
average which obtained in the decennial period 1904-1913, and were also 7
above the number registered in 1913. In the first six months of the year
only 14 deaths were registered, as contrasted with 23 in 1913, but in the second
six months there was an increase of 19 over the corresponding period of 1913.
It is difficult to account for this considerable increase which was distributed
over the whole of the Borough.