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Islington 1902
Forty-seventh annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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1902]
THE NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
There were 3,164 cases of those diseases which are compulsorily notifiable
reported to the Medical Officer of Health under the provisions of the Public
Health (London) Act. The return was 3 in excess of the corrected average
of the ten preceding years. Speaking generally, this excess is accounted for
by the fact that 276 cases of Small Pox were notified, or 238 cases more than
the corrected average. Although Diphtheria and Membranous Croup taken
together were 102 in excess of the average, yet other diseases, notably
Scarlet Fever, were below it. The attack-rate—that is, the proportion of
cases to every 1,000 of the population—was 9.20, or 0.20 below the mean rate
of the years 1892-1901.
The local rate was also below the County of London, and also below the rates registered in 17 out of the 29 Metropolitan Boroughs (
| Attack-rates. | |
|---|---|
| St. Pancras | 12.01 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Stoke Newington | 8.12 ,, ,, |
| Hackney | 11.34 ,, ,, |
| Hornsey | 6.14 ,, ,, |
| Finsbury | 10.73 ,, ,, |
| Shoreditch | 10.51 ,, ,, |
| The Encircling Districts | 10.64 ,, ,, |
| London (County of) | 9.88 ,, ,, |
| Islington | 9.20 ,, ,, |
In the Sub-Registration Districts of Islington the incidence of the
diseases varied from 777 per 1,000 (511 cases) in Highbury to 10.90 (461 cases)
in Lower Holloway. In South-East Islington the rate was 8.47 (653 cases),
in Tollington 8.67 (304 cases), in Barnsbury 978 (542 cases), in Upper
Holloway 10.03 (352 cases), and in Lower Holloway 10.90 (461 cases).
The Wards.—The healthiest was St. Mary's, where the attack-rate was
5.97 per 1,000 (105 cases), and it was followed in turn as set out below in
order from lowest to highest rate :—