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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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Table F.
| Year | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and MembranousCroup. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Ftve . | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera | Total Notifications. | Attack rates per 1,000 Popu. lation. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 1 | 728 | 756 | 189 | 2 | 343 | 33 | 6 | 1 | .. | 2059 | 6.48 |
| 1892 | 42 | 1709 | 738 | 219 | .. | 550 | 51 | 6 | .. | 3 | 3318 | 10.26 |
| 1893 | 118 | 2880 | 885 | 251 | 1 | 672 | 38 | 7 | .. | 1 | 4853 | 14.34 |
| 1894 | 90 | 1493 | 867 | 245 | 1 | 395 | 23 | 7 | .. | .. | 3121 | 9.44 |
| 1895 | 2.5 | 1692 | 582 | 184 | 5 | 320 | 22 | 9 | .. | .. | 2839 | 8.50 |
| 1891-5 | 276 | 8502 | 3828 | 1088 | 9 | 2280 | 167 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 16,190 | 9.90 |
| 1896* | 50 | 2031 | 1091 | 229 | .. | 385 | 30 | 6 | 2 | .. | 3824 | 11.32 |
| 1897 | 3 | 1577 | 729 | 256 | .. | 312 | 27 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2906 | 8.62 |
| 1898 | .. | 1336 | 544 | 237 | 2 | 279 | 19 | 1 | .. | .. | 2418 | 7.18 |
| 1899 | 3 | 1494 | 705 | 353 | .. | 350 | 33 | 2 | .. | 3 | 2943 | 8.75 |
| 1900 | 2 | 1074 | 633 | 259 | 1 | 285 | 16 | 6 | .. | •• | 2276 | 6.78 |
| 1896-1900 | 58 | 7512 | 37. 2 | 1334 | 8 | 1611 | 125 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 14,367 | 8.53 |
| 1901 | 50 | 1286 | 911 | 281 | 2 | 285 | 34 | 3 | .. | .. | 2852 | 8.51 |
| 1902* | 276 | 1372 | 878 | 257 | .. | 357 | 19 | 5 | .. | .. | 3164 | 9.29 |
| 1903 | 9 | 865 | 455 | 130 | .. | 227 | 19 | 2 | .. | .. | 1707 | 5.12 |
| 1904 | 17 | 1146 | 347 | 126 | 1 | 280 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | 1941 | 5.84 |
| 1905 | 3 | 1198 | 351 | 100 | .. | 252 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | 1928 | 5.81 |
| 1901-05 | 355 | 5867 | 2942 | 894 | 3 | 1401 | 120 | 10 | .. | .. | 11,592 | 6.96 |
| 1906 | 1 | 1386 | 439 | 149 | 1 | 274 | 24 | 1 | .. | .. | 2275 | 6.87 |
| 1907 | .. | 1216 | 481 | 92 | .. | 252 | 21 | 1 | .. | .. | 2063 | 6.25 |
| 1908* | . . | 1409 | 530 | 97 | .. | 235 | 17 | 1 | .. | .. | 2289 | 6.82 |
| 1909 | 3 | 1285 | 430 | 95 | 1 | 221 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 2049 | 6.23 |
| 1910 | 1 | 730 | 471 | 89 | 1 | 212 | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | 1525 | 4.55 |
| 1906-10 | 5 | 6026 | 2351 | 522 | 3 | 1194 | 96 | 4 | .. | .. | 10,201 | 6.13 |
| 1911 | .. | 804 | 593 | 73 | .. | 275 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 1759 | 5.37 |
| 1912 | .. | 811 | 516 | 49 | .. | 185 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 1577 | 4.83 |
| 1913* | .. | 1317 | 550 | 50 | .. | 226 | 28 | .. | .. | .. | 2171 | 6.54 |
| 1914 | .. | 1853 | 659 | 76 | .. | 334 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | 2947 | 9.08 |
| 1915 | .. | 1332 | 624 | 28 | .. | 203 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | 2210 | 6.98 |
| 1911-15 | .. | 6117 | 2942 | 276 | .. | 1223 | 106 | .. | .. | .. | 10,664 | 6.58 |
| 1916 | .. | 638 | 593 | 32 | .. | 155 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | 1439 | 4.65 |
| 1917 | .. | 478 | 561 | 23 | .. | 173 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 1251 | 4.21 |
| 1918 | 2 | 432 | 518 | 30 | .. | 141 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1127 | 3.93 |
| 1919* | 2 | 1084 | 649 | 16 | .. | 212 | 29 | 1 | .. | .. | 1993 | 6.05 |
| 1920 | .. | 1307 | 1328 | 24 | .. | 165 | 29 | .. | .. | .. | 2853 | 8.49 |
| 1916-20 | 4 | 3939 | 3649 | 125 | •• | 845 | 99 | 1 | .. | .. | 8663 | 5.47 |
* These years contained 53 weeks.