London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1916
Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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39 [1916
In London the rate was 0.11 and in the Encircling Boroughs 0.12 per
1,000 of the civil population.
Typhus Fever.—Nil return.
Continued Fever.—Nil return.
Erysipelas.—155 cases were notified, or 87 below the average (242) of
the preceding ten years, the attack-rate being 0.50 per 1,000 of the civil
population, as compared with 0.67 in London and 0.69 in the Encircling
Boroughs.
Puerperal Fever.—21 notifications were received, being in the
proportion of 2.89 cases per 1,000 births. The cases were 1 above the
average number notified during the ten years 1906-15, but show an increase
of 0.47 in the proportion of attacks to births.
| Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington, South-East. | The Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases notified by Doctor | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| Patient delivered by Doctor | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| ,, ,, by Midwife | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
| Cases inquired into | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| ,, treated in Hospital | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| ,, treated at Home | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 8 |
* Three cases were also contracted in hospital and one case was a miscarriage.