London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1903
Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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| DISEASES. | YEARS. | Mean Attack Rates. | Attack Rate. | Increase or Decrease. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1893-02. | 1903. | ||
| Small Pox | 0.36 | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.80 | 0.18 | 0.15 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 8.81 | 4.52 | 5-06 | 6.02 | 4.68 | 3.97 | 3.20 | 3.84 | 3.99 | 4.85 | 2.30 | ||
| Diphtheria | 2.61 | 3.16 | 2.08 | 2.05 | 1.86 | 2.69 | 2.53 | 0.96 | |||||
| Membranous Croup | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | |||
| Enteric Fever | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.68 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.84 | 3.75 | 0.76 | 0.38 | |||
| Typhus Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | ... | |||||
| Erysipelas | 2.06 | 0.96 | 1.14 | 0.93 | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.14 | 0.42 | ||||
| •Puerperal Fever | 3.90 | 2.42 | 2.23 | 3.02 | 2.74 | 3.42 | 1.73 | 3.67 | 2.06 | 2.72 | 0.61 | ||
| Continued Fever | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||
| Relapsing Fever | .. | ||||||||||||
| Cholera | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 14.84 | 9.44 | 8.50 | 8.62 | 7.18 | 8.75 | 6.78 | 8.50 | 9.20 | 9.31 | 4.28 | ||
* These figures are calculated as per 1,000 Registered Births.