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Islington 1915

Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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[1915

Registration Sub-Districts.—The total number of cases notified in these districts was as follows:—

Total Cases Notified.
Tufnell200
Upper Holloway245
Tollington237
Lower Holloway193
Highbury319
Barnsbury485
Islington South-East531
Total2,210

Wards —The total number of cases notified in the Wards was as under:—

Total Cases Notified.
Tufnell200
Upper Holloway245
Tollington237
Lower Holloway193
Highbury196
Mildmay123
Thornhill292
Barnsbury193
St. Marys110
Canonbury241
St. Peters180
Total2,210

The figures for each of the infectious diseases and the average for each during the ten years 1905-1914, together with the departures from it, were as follows:—

1915.Average 10 years.Increase or decrease
Small Pox1- 1
Scarlet Fever1,3321,190+ 142
Diphtheria620494+ 126
Membranous Croup44
Enteric Fever2886- 58
Typhus „
Erysipelas203245- 42
Puerperal Fever2320+ 3
2,2102,040+ 170