Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1920
Notified Cases Treated. | Percentages of Notified Cases Treated | Deaths Occurring. | Percentage of Deaths Occurring. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In Hospital | At Home | Total. | In Hospital. | At Home. | In Hospital. | At Home. | Total. | In Hospital. | At Home. | Total. | |
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 1245 | 62 | 1307 | 95.2 | 4.8 | 12 | .. | 12 | 0.9 | .. | 0.9 |
Diphtheria | 1287 | 41 | 1328 | 96.9 | 3.1 | 128 | 6 | 134 | 9.9 | 14.6 | 10.1 |
Enteric (Typhoid Fever) | 19 | 5 | 24 | 79.2 | 20.8 | .. | 1 | 1 | •• | 20.0 | 4.2 |
tTyphus Fever | .. | .. | •• | •• | .. | •• | •• | •• | .. | .. | • • |
Erysipelas | 72 | 93 | 165 | 437 | 56.3 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 18.0 | 2.1 | 9.1 |
Puerperal Fever | 18 | 11 | 29 | 62.1 | 37.9 | 5 | 4 | 28.0 | 36.3 | 31.0 | |
Continued Fever | 1* | 16* | 17* | 5.9 | 94.1 | 1 | 1 | 2* | 100.0 | 6.2 | 12.0 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | •• | •• | • • | •• | •• | •• | .. | •• | .. | •• | •• |
Total | 2642 | 228 | 2870 | 92.0 | 8.0 | 159 | 14 | 173 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
*Malarial Fever.