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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 1904
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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| Cases. | Attack-rates. | |
|---|---|---|
| Barnsbury | 133 | 6.40 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| St. Mary | 79 | 4.55 „ „ |
| Canonbury | 177 | 5.58 „ „ |
| St. Peter | 140 | 4.27 „ „ |
In the Quarters—In the first quarter 330 cases were notified, in the
second 436, in the third 567, and in the fourth 608. The attack rates for these
periods being respectively 3.87, 5.11, 6.65 and 7.13 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Hospital Isolation.—Out of 1,941 cases which were notified 1,467,
or 75.6 per cent., were removed to hospital, of whom 82, or 5.5 per cent., died
as against 7.8 per cent. of the cases retained at home for treatment.
Fatality.—By this term is meant the percentage proportion which the
deaths bear to the notified cases. During the year 1904 out of 1,942 cases
that were notified 119 died, so that the fatality was 6.1 per cent. This is the
lowest proportion hitherto recorded in Islington, and is slightly lower than that
of the preceding year, which had been the record up to that time.
The previous returns are given in the following statement:—
| Years. | Cases. | Deaths. | Fatality. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 2,059 | 258 | 12.5 |
| 1892 | 3.318 | 291 | 8.7 |
| 1893 | 4.853 | 383 | 7.9 |
| 1894 | 3.121 | 339 | 10.8 |
| 1895 | 2,841 | 266 | 9.3 |
| 1896 | 3.822 | 390 | 10.2 |
| 1897 | 2,906 | 258 | 8.8 |
| 1898 | 2,418 | 173 | 7.1 |
| 1899 | 2,943 | 238 | 8.1 |
| 1900 | 2,276 | 202 | 8.8 |
| 1901 | 2,852 | 250 | 8.7 |
| 1902 | 3,167 | 268 | 8.4 |
| 1903 | 1,707 | 108 | 6.3 |
| 1904 | 1,941 | 119 | 6.1 |
| Total | 40,224 | 3,543 | 8.8 |
SMALL POX.
Seventeen cases were notified, equal to an attack rate of 0 05 per 1,000 of
the population, as compared with a corrected average of 52 cases and an attack