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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
ENTERIC FEVER.
Twenty-eight cases of Enteric Fever were notified, which is a decrease of
58 on the average of the ten years 1905-14, and are equal to an attack-rate
of 0.09 per 1,000 of the civil population.
This return is the lowest hitherto recorded, and the following statement
shows the periodical decreases that have occurred in the notifications of this
disease:—
From 1891—1895 there were 1,088 cases notified.
„ 1896—1900 „ 1,334 ,,
„ 1901—1905 „ 894 ,,
„ 1906—1910 „ 522 ,,
„ 1911—1915 „ 276 ,,
The notifications of the disease in the encircling boroughs is given in the following statement:—
| Cases | |
|---|---|
| St. Pancras | 28 |
| Stoke Newington | 4 |
| Hackney | 39 |
| Hornsey | 18 |
| Finsbury | 6 |
| Shoreditch | |
| Islington | 28 |
Hospital Isolation—Twenty-three, or 82.1 per cent. of the 28 cases
notified were removed to Hospital for isolation: the remaining 5 cases were
treated at home.
Fatality.—As five deaths occurred from the disease, the fatality is 17.8
per cent., which is a decrease of 0.6 per cent. on the return for 1914. The
fatality among the cases nursed in Hospital was 13 per cent., and of those
treated at home 40 per cent.
TYPHUS FEVER.
No case was known.