Forty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington page 134

Islington 1896

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

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[1896
ANTITOXIN SERUM TREATMENT OF DIPHTHERIA.
The Medical Superintendents of the Metropolitan Asylums Board
have published a report on the treatment of Diphtheria with Antitoxin
Serum, which is of great interest, as no less than 71.3 per cent. of the
total cases admitted to the hospitals (with the exception of the North
Western Hospital) were treated with it.
The following tables are taken from that report, and explain
themselves:—
ALL THE HOSPITALS.

Table: Table A. Cases treated with Antitoxin, 1896. (Showing day of disease on which the treatment was commenced.)

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Table A. Cases treated with Antitoxin, 1896. (Showing day of disease on which the treatment was commenced.)

Day of Disease	1st.		2nd.		3rd.		4th.		5th and after		Total.		Mortality per cent.
Ages.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Mortality per cent.
Under 1	2	0	10	6	13	3	10	2	28	16	63	27	42.8	32.2
1 to 2	2	0	36	16	41	16	37	21	75	30	190	83	43.6
2 to 3	7	2	39	8	60	18	66	20	130	50	292	98	33.5
3 to 4	7	0	61	8	83	20	74	20	155	68	380	116	30.5
4 to 5	5	0	61	6	77	17	88	30	190	57	421	110	26.1
5 to 10	27	1	157	16	212	44	232	55	428	122	1,056	238	22.5
10 to 15	7	0	83	1	47	3	53	12	113	20	253	36	14.2
15 to 20	0	0	3	0	8	1	6	1	21	4	38	6	15.7
20 and upwards	0	0	7	0	16	0	23	0	25	3	71	3	4.2
Total	57	3	406	61	557	122	579	161	1,166	370	2,764	717	25.9
Mortality per cent.	..	5.2	..	15.0	..	21.9	..	27.8	..	31.7	..	25.9	..

Table: Table B. All cases, both, those treated uith Antitoxin and those not, 1896. (In the case of those not treated with antitoxin, day of disease=day of disease on which the patient was admitted to hospital.)

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Table B. All cases, both, those treated uith Antitoxin and those not, 1896. (In the case of those not treated with antitoxin, day of disease=day of disease on which the patient was admitted to hospital.)

Day of Disease	1st.		2nd.		3rd.		41b.		5th and after.		Total.		Mortality per cent.
Ages.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Mortality per cent.
Under 1	5	1	11	7	16	5	13	4	36	20	81	37	45.6	30.2
1 to 2	2	0	40	18	47	20	48	28	103	43	240	109	45.4
2 to 3	8	2	54	9	76	22	65	24	185	62	388	119	30.6
3 to 4	10	0	74	12	105	26	98	23	221	82	508	143	28.1
4 to 5	9	0	74	8	107	20	114	31	265	74	569	133	23.3
5 to 10	37	1	216	17	287	47	29S	61	670	147	1,508	273	18.1
10 to 16	11	0	67	2	83	4	96	12	236	26	493	44	8.9
16 to 20	1	0	9	0	28	1	33	0	63	5	134	8	5.9
20 and upwards	1	0	22	0	74	1	57	0	100	4	254	5	1.9
Total	84	4	567	73	823	146	822	185	1,879	463	4,175	871	20.8
Mortality per cent.	..	4.7	..	12.8	..	17.7	..	22.5	..	24.6	..	28.8	..

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Table: Table A. Cases treated with Antitoxin, 1896. (Showing day of disease on which the treatment was commenced.)

Table: Table B. All cases, both, those treated uith Antitoxin and those not, 1896. (In the case of those not treated with antitoxin, day of disease=day of disease on which the patient was admitted to hospital.)