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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 1920
Sixty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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OTHER NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
Acute Poliomyelitis, Cerebrospinal Meningitis, Encephalitis Lethargica,
Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Tuberculosis and Measles.
Acute Poliomyelitis Seven cases were ascribed to this disease during the year, as contrasted with 3 in 1919. No death, however, was registered.
| 1920. | 1919. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1st quarter | 1 | nil | nil | nil |
| 2nd „ | 1 | „ | „ | „ |
| 3rd „ | 5 | „ | 2 | „ |
| 4th „ | nil | „ | 1 | |
| 7 | nil | 3 | 1 | |
Epteemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis
Fourteen cases were notified, or two cases less than in 1919. During
the ten years 1910-19 the cases averaged 19 per annum.
A return of attacks of the disease during the past ten years is given in the following statement:—
| 2nd „ | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 58 | |
| 3rd „ | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 | |
| 4th „ | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | nil | 3 | 12 | |
| Year | 15 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 39 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 132 |
The deaths during the year numbered 9, and were equal to the very
high rate of 64 per cent. of the cases notified.
Public Health (Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery, etc.),
Regulations, 1919.
These Regulations came into force on the 7th January, 1919, and during the year the following cases were notified by medical practitioners to the Medical Officer of Health.
| 1920. | 1919. | |
|---|---|---|
| Malaria | 17 | 193 |
| Dysentery | 4 | 14 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 34 | 12 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 22 | 12 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 29 |
| Total | 80 | 260 |