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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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Table LXXXV.
| Year. | Cases. | Deaths. | Fatality. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Total of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Total of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Deaths to 100 cases of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Departure from Average Fatality of 10 years.* | |
| 1899 | 688 | 17 | 705 | 120 | 8 | 128 | 18.2 | - 3.5 |
| 1900 | 624 | 9 | 633 | 100 | 6 | 106 | 16.7 | - 4.9 |
| 1901 | 902 | 9 | 911 | 124 | 10 | 134 | 14.7 | - 6.9 |
| 1902 | 871 | 7 | 878 | 101 | 3 | 104 | 11.8 | - 8.8 |
| 1903 | 452 | 3 | 455 | 41 | 2 | 43 | 9.4 | - 10.0 |
| 1904 | 347 | .. | 347 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 8.1 | - 10.3 |
| 1905 | 351 | .. | 351 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 9.7 | - 7.3 |
| 1906 | 437 | 2 | 439 | 30 | 2 | 32 | 7.3 | - 8.6 |
| 1907 | 480 | 1 | 481 | 41 | 1 | 42 | 8.7 | - 5.2 |
| 1908 | 522 | 8 | 530 | 59 | 1 | 60 | 11.3 | - 1.6 |
| 1899-08 | 5,674 | 56 | 5,730 | 676 | 35 | 711 | 12.4 | — |
| 1909 | 425 | 5 | 430 | 30 | 1 | 31 | 7.2 | - 5.2 |
* The last column shows the departure from the average fatality of the ten years preceding the
year indicated.
Table LXXXVI.
| Quarter. | Cases Nursed at Home. | Cases Nursed at Hospital. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. 1 | Deaths. 2 | Percentage Fatality. 3 | Cases. 4 | Deaths. 5 | Percentage Fatality. 6 | |
| 1St | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 127 | 9 | 7.1 |
| 2nd | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 79 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 3rd | 13 | 1 | 8.0 | 88 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 4th | 7 | 0 | — | 94 | 9 | 9.6 |
| Year | 42 | 7 | 16.6 | 388 | 24 | 6.1 |
Note —In comparing columns 3 and 6 it must not be forgotten that it is only the mildest cases
which as a rule are retained at home. The worst cases are invariably hurried to hospital.
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