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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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52
1916]
Exclusion of Scholars from Schools.—2,134 children were excluded
from classrooms of various schools owing to the presence of an infectious
disease, principally Scarlet Fever, in the houses wherein they lived.

Table: Non-notifiable Diseases among Children attending the Public Elementary Schools.

Non-notifiable Diseases among Children attending the Public Elementary Schools.

Year.Measles.Chicken Pox.Whooping Cough.Other Diseases.Totals.
19061.9354253001,4754,135
19072,0659818311,9525,829
19081,0956243852,2554,359
19091,6674917081,7394,605
19102,1949858922,0066,077
19111,6985855332,0604,876
19121,3771,1568942,5415,968
19131,2727315782,7525,333
19141,3759497532,6075,684
19151,8971,0127242,5756,208
Ten years' average1,6577946602,1965,307
19161,2597165372,3324,844
Increase or Decrease on Average-398-78-123+ 136-463

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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
During the year 951 examinations were made of sputum and blood of
patients for the medical profession for the detection of Diphtheria, Enteric
Fever and Phthisis. This number shows a decrease of 333 on the return
for 1915, and was 614 less than for 1914.