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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1896

Forty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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1896] 136
FATALITY FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Out of 3,846 cases of Infectious Disease notified to the Medical
Officer of Health, 1,862 were treated in hospitals, and 1,984 in their
own homes. Of the hospital cases 10.6 per cent. died, and of those
treated at home 9.7 per cent., the total fatality being 10.1 per cent.
Full particulars of the fatility from the various diseases are given
in the two following Tables.
Generally speaking, the results seem to be in favour of home treat
ment, but this is only because, as already noticed in previous reports
the milder cases are not sent to hospitals, and consequently, these have
to treat only the most severe cases.

Table: Table LXXXIII. Summary of Infectious Sickness and the Deaths arising thirefrvni, distinguishing the cases which were treated at Home and in Hospitals.

Table LXXXIII. Summary of Infectious Sickness and the Deaths arising thirefrvni, distinguishing the cases which were treated at Home and in Hospitals.

Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Enteric (Typhoid Fever.Typhus Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Cholera.Totals
Cases treated.In Hospitals44122242028102...442.........1862
At Home680964621127...341286••...1984
Total502031106649229...385306......3846
1 Deaths.In Hospital136135...19...51.........197
At Home...211121027...11102......193
Total1572471046...16112......390