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1909]
ISOLATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
As many as 1,705 cases out of the 2,049 that were notified under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, were isolated in hospital, representing 83.2
per cent, of all the notified cases. This percentage is the largest which has
been recorded in Islington, as may be judged by the following figures:—
1896 48.4 per cent.
1897 55.7 „
1898 58.4 „
1899 6.6 „
1900 68.2 „
1901 69.6 „
1902 71.9 „
1903 72.6 per cent.
1904 75.5 „
1905 76.1 „
1906 77.1 „
1907 80.0 „
1908 80.4 „
1909 83.2 „
The Metropolitan Asylums Board naturally isolated the largest number
ol these cases, and out of 1,705 cases removed from their homes, 1,577 were taken
to their hospitals.
Scarlet Fever.—1,199 cases out of 1,285, or 93.3 per cent., were
isolated and treated in hospitals, and of these, 1,099, or 91.6 per cent., were
removed to one or other of the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
Diphtheria.—388 cases, or 90.2 per cent, of the 430 cases notified, were
isolated in hospital, and of these, 284 were treated in the Metropolitan Asylums
Board's Hospitals. Only 42, or 9.8 per cent., remained at home.
Enteric Fever.—Of the 95 cases that were notified, 72, or 75.8 per cent,
were removed to hospital, while 23, or 24.2 per cent., remained at home.
Erysipelas.—221 cases were known, ot which 38, or 17.2 per cent., were
treated in hospitals. Nearly all these occurred in the institutions in which they
were treated.
Puerperal Fever.—4 cases out of 14 that occurred were treated in hospital,
or 28.6 per cent., while 10, or 71.4 per cent., were treated at home.