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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 1921

Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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Table: Summary of Infectious Sickness and of Deaths arising therefrom, distinguishing the Cases treated at Home and in Hospitals; and showing the percentages of notified Cases removed to Hospitals, together with the Fatality among cases treated at Home and in Hospitals during the year 1921.

Summary of Infectious Sickness and of Deaths arising therefrom, distinguishing the Cases treated at Home and in Hospitals; and showing the percentages of notified Cases removed to Hospitals, together with the Fatality among cases treated at Home and in Hospitals during the year 1921.

Notified Cases Treated.Percentages of Notified Cases Treated.Deaths Occurring.Percentage of Deaths Occurring.
In HospitalAt HomeTotalIn HospitalAt HomeIn HospitalAt HomeTotalIn HospitalAt HomeTotal
Small Pox-----------
Scarlet Fever2,5121102,62295.84.2172190.71.80.7
Diphtheria1,532211,55398.61.410361096.728.67.0
Enteric (Typhoid Fever)821080.020.01-112.5-11.1
Typhus Fever-----------
Erysipelas448112535.264.82354.53.74.0
Puerperal Fever21133461.838.21111252.48.035.3
Continued Fever-----------
Relapsing Fever-----------
Cholera-----------
Total4,1172274,34494.85.2134121463.25.33.3

Table: Showing the number of Cases and Attack-Rates of the several Notifiable Infectious Diseases which occurred during each of the Ten Years 1911-20 and in 1921.

Showing the number of Cases and Attack-Rates of the several Notifiable Infectious Diseases which occurred during each of the Ten Years 1911-20 and in 1921.

DISEASES.YEARS.Average number of cases, 1911-201921Increase or Decrease
1911191219131914191519161917191819191920
Small PoxCases-------22----
Rate—————--0.000.00----
Scarlet FeverCase8048111317185313326384784321084130710062622+ 1616
Rate2.462.493.975.714.212.061.611.513.293.893.177.87+ 4.70
DiphtheriaCases59051254665162058755651464513246551548+ 893
Rate1.801.571.652.011.961.901.871.801.963.942.074.65+ 2.58
Membranous CroupCases344846544455-
Rate0.010.010.010.020.010.020.020.010.010.010.020.02-
Enteric FeverCases734950762832233016244010- 30
Rate0.220.150.150.230.090.100.080.100.050.070.120.03- 0.09
Typhus FeverCases-------------
Rate———————-—----
ErysipelasCases275185226334203155173141212165207125- 82
Rate0.840.570.681.030.640.500.580.490.640.490.650.38- 0.27
Puerperal Fever*Cases14162825232116429292034+ 14
Rate1.761.953.413.103.482.892.740.770.463.082.724.31+ 1.59
ContinuedCases————————1——--_
Rate--------0.00----
TotalsCases175915772171294722101439125111271993285319334344+ 2411
Rate5.374.836.549.086.984.654.213.936.058.496.0913.05+ 6.96
*Per 1,000 Registered Births.