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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[1906
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 1906.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||||||||
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At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||
At all Ages | Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | South-East. | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | South-East. | |
Small-pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | 437 | 8 | 167 | 195 | 44 | 23 | .. | 25 | 56 | 49 | 60 | 77 | 75 | 95 | 14 | 43 | 41 | 46 | 53 | 70 | 77 |
Membranous Croup | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 274 | 7 | !4 | 19 | 28 | 173 | 33 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 27 | 56 | 67 | 64 | 8 | S | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
Scarlet Fever | 1386 | 13 | 385 | 839 | 101 | 48 | .. | 139 | !35 | 67 | 204 | 217 | 191 | 433 | 115 | 119 | 59 | 193 | 170 | 179 | 391 |
Typhus Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 149 | .. | 7 | 56 | 34 | 50 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 18 | 30 | 27 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 21 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 24 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 15 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 2275 | 28 | 574 | 1110 | 216 | 312 | 35 | r93 | 241 | 160 | 313 | 374 | 372 | 622 | 145 | 185 | 127 | 253 | 249 | 288 | 502 |