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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 1909
Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1909
Table LXXXI. Showing the Fatality from Scarlet Fever. (Deaths to 100 cases of Sickness)
| Sub-Districts. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter. | Whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | 2.1 | .. | .. | 4.7 | 1.3 |
| Upper Holloway | 3.0 | 4.7 | .. | .. | 2.0 |
| Tollington | .. | 3.7 | .. | 5.3 | 1.6 |
| Lower Holloway | .. | .. | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Highbury | 1.5 | 3.7 | .. | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| Barnsbury | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 6.0 | 3.1 |
| Islington, South East | 8.5 | .. | .. | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| The Borough | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 1.9 |
DIPHTHERIA.
There were 4.30 cases of Diphtheria, inclusive of membranous croup,
notified, which, it is gratifying to find, were with two exceptions, the smallest
number known in one year since 1891, when the disease became compulsorily
notifiable. These exceptions occurred in 1904 and 1905, when 347
and 351 cases were respectively notified.
The present return is 160 below the corrected average of the years 18991908,
and 68 below the return of 1908.
The cases represent an attack-rate of 1.22 per 1000 of the population, as
against a mean decennial rate of 1.68. In the County of London the attack rate
was 1.39 per 1000 inhabitants, and in the several Encircling Boroughs it was as
follows:—In St. Pancras 1.35 per 1000, Stoke Newington 0.52 per 1000,
Hackney 1.11 per 1000, Finsbury 1.76 per 1000, Shoreditch 1.62 per 1000, and in
Hornsey 1.56 per 1000. It will thus be seen that, on the whole, Islington did
not compare unfavourably with them.