Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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142
1906]
diseases. | years. | Mean Attack Rates. | Attack Rate. | Increase or Decrease. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1896.05. | 1906. | ||
Small Pox | o.15 | o.oo | 0.15 | o.8o | |||||||||
Scarlet Fever | 6.02 | 4.68 | 3.97 | 4.44 | 3.20 | 3.84 | 3.99 | 2.55 | 3.36 | 3.49 | 3.96 | + 0.06 | |
Diphtheria | 3.16 | 2.08 | 1.58 | 2.05 | 1.86 | 2.69 | 2.53 | 1.33 | 1.93 | —0.66 | |||
Membranous Croup | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ... | ... | 0.03 | —0.03 | |||
Enteric Fever | o.68 | 0.76 | 070 | 077 | 0.84 | 0.29 | o.66 | —0.23 | |||||
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | 0.00 | 0.00 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
Erysipelas | 1.14 | 0.93 | 0.83 | 1.04 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.67 | 0.82 | 0.74 | 0.89 | —0.09 | ||
•Puerperal Fever | 3.02 | 274 | 2.86 | 3.42 | 1.73 | 3.67 | 2.06 | 2.11 | 2.70 | 2.63 | + 0.14 | ||
Continued Fever | 0.02 | 0.00 | ... | ... | |||||||||
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera | ... | ... | 0.00 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Totals | 11.32 | 8.62 | 7.18 | 8.75 | 6.78 | 8.50 | 9.20 | 5.03 | 5.62 | 7.68 |
* These figures are calculated as per 1,000 Registered Births.