Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—TABLE III.
Table K.
Cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1905.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. __ | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Tufnell. | Upper Hollo way | Tollin^ton. | Lower Holloway | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | South-East. | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | South-East. | ||
Small-pox | 3* | .. | .. | 1* | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1* | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1* |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 351 | 2 | 139 | 154 | 34 | 22 | .. | 38 | 41 | 40 | 23 | 94 | 52 | 63 | 23 | 33 | 37 | 17 | 76 | 48 | 47 |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 252 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 162 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 36 | 44 | 46 | 60 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
Scarlet Fever | 1198 | 19 | 347 | 712 | 82 | 37 | 1 | 100 | 142 | 112 | 130 | 168 | 167 | 379 | 78 | 127 | 106 | 110 | 140 | 159 | 350 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 100 | .. | 5 | 23 | 27 | 45 | .. | 3 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 20 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 24 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 19 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1928 | 31 | 502 | 904 | 177 | 287 | 27 | 168 | 214 | 186 | 211 | 332 | 287 | 530 | 109 | 171 | 160 | 140 | 237 | 224 | 424 |
* One returned from hospital as not being a case of Small Pox.
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