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Islington 1904

Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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19041
ISOLATION OF THE NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Of the 1,942 cases that were notified, 1,467, or 75.5 per cent., were received
into hospitals for isolation and treatment, as compared with 72.6 per cent. in
the preceding year. The percentage of these cases has shown a progressive
increase for several years, as it has risen from 48.4 per cent. in 1896 to 75.5
last year.
1896 48.4 per cent.
1897 55.7 „
1898 58.4 „
1899 64.6 „
1900 68.2 „
1901 69.6 per cent.
1902 71.9 „
1903 72.6 „
1904 75.5 „
The cases removed or treated in hospital included 17 of Small Pox, 1,024
of Scarlet Fever, 260 of Diphtheria, 108 of Enteric Fever, 1 of Typhus, 46 of
Erysipelas, and 11 of Puerperal Fever.
The Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals received the great majority of
these cases, the particulars of which are set out in the following table.

Table: Table CVII.Showing the number ofCases of Infectious Disease removedfrom Islington to theMetropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitalsfor treatment and isolation during1904.

Table CVII.

Showing the number ofCases of Infectious Disease removedfrom Islington to theMetropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitalsfor treatment and isolation during1904.

Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Diseases.Total Admissions.Total Deaths.
Eastern..151..13203
North Eastern..83314360..1421,17856
North Western..8553..6992
Western..1........1..
South Western................
The Grove................
South Eastern................
Northern................
Small Pox15..........151
Total s159341496311511,31362