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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1916]
| diseases | years | Average number of cases. 1906-15 | Increase or Decrease | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | ||||
| Small Pox | Cases | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Rate | 0.00 | ... | ... | 0.01 | 0.00 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | Cases | 1386 | 1216 | 1409 | 1285 | 730 | 804 | 811 | 1317 | 1853 | 1332 | 1214 | 638 | -576 |
| Rate | 4.18 | 3.68 | 4.20 | 3.91 | 2.22 | 2.46 | 2.49 | 3.97 | 5.71 | 4.21 | 371 | 2.o6 | -1.65 | |
| Diphtheria | Cases | 437 | 480 | 522 | 425 | 463 | 590 | 512 | 546 | 651 | 620 | 525 | 587 | +62 |
| Rate | 1.32 | 1.45 | 1.64 | 1.29 | 1.41 | 1.80 | 1.57 | 1.65 | 2.01 | 1.96 | 1.61 | 1.90 | +0.29 | |
| Membranous Croup | Cases | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | +1 |
| Rate | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | +0.01 | |
| Enteric Fever | Cases | 149 | 92 | 97 | 95 | .89 | 73 | 49 | 50 | 76 | 28 | 80 | 32 | -48 |
| Rate | 0.45 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.25 | 0.10 | -0.15 | |
| Typhus Fever | Cases | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Rate | 0.00 | ... | ... | 0.00 | 0.00 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Erysipelas | Cases | 274 | 252 | 235 | 221 | 212 | 275 | 185 | 226 | 334 | 203 | 242 | 155 | -87 |
| Rate | 0.83 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.67 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.57 | 0.68 | 1.03 | 0.64 | 0.74 | 0.50 | —0.24 | |
| Puerperal Fever* | Cases | 24 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 21 | + 1 | |
| Rate | 2.79 | 2.46 | 1.96 | 171 | 2.44 | 1.76 | 1.95 | 3.41 | 3.10 | 3.48 | 2.42 | 2.89 | +0.47 | |
| Continued Fever | Cases | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Rate | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ... | 0.00 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Totals | Cases | 2275 | 2063 | 2289 | 2049 | 1525 | 1759 | 15 77 | 2171 | 2947 | 2210 | 2086 | 1439 | -647 |
| Rates | 6.87 | 6.25 | 6.82 | 6.23 | 4.65 | 5.37 | 4.83 | 6.54 | 9.08 | 6.98 | 6.38 | 4.65 | -1.73 | |
* Per 1000 Registered Births.