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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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21 [1921
| sub-Registration Districts. | Wards. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric (Typhoid) Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | Tufnell | - | 257 | 93 | - | - | - | 9 | 5 | - | - | - | 364 |
| Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | - | 304 | 273 | - | - | - | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | 591 |
| Tollington | Tollington | - | 228 | 147 | 1 | - | - | 11 | 3 | - | - | - | 390 |
| Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | - | 288 | 154 | 1 | 2 | - | 14 | 2 | - | - | - | 461 |
| Highbury | Highbury | - | 263 | 150 | - | 2 | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | 424 |
| Mildmay | - | 181 | 98 | — | 4 | - | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | 294 | |
| Barnsbury | Thornhill | - | 291 | 106 | — | —' | - | 20 | — | - | - | - | 417 |
| Barnsbury | - | 190 | 71 | — | — | - | 11 | 4 | - | - | - | 276 | |
| Islington, S.E. | St. Mary's | - | 156 | 85 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | 251 |
| Canonbury | - | 201 | 175 | — | — | - | 12 | 3 | - | - | - | 391 | |
| St. Peter's | - | 263 | 196 | 2 | 1 | - | 19 | 4 | - | - | - | 485 | |
| Totals | — | 2622 | 1548 | 5 | 10 | - | 125 | 34 | — | — | — | 4344 | |
| Attack-Rates per 1.000 population | - | 7.87 | 4.'65 | 0.02 | 0.03 | - | 0.38 | 0.10 | — | — | — | 13.05 |
OTHER NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
Acute Poliomyelitis, Cerebrospinal Meningitis, Encephalitis Lethargica,
Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Tuberculosis and Measles.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Three cases were ascribed to this disease during the year, as contrasted with 7 in 1920. One death was registered in the fourth quarter.
| 1921 | 1920 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | ||
| 1st quarter | - | - | 1 | - | |
| 2nd ,, | 2 | - | 1 | - | |
| 3rd „ | - | -_ | 5 | - | |
| 4th „ | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | nil. | ||
Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
Seven cases were notified, or seven cases less than in 1920. During the ten years
1911-20, the cases averaged 19 per annum.
A return of attacks of the disease during the past ten years is given in the following statement:
| 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | Average 10 yrs. 1911-20 | 1921 | Total Deaths, 1911-21. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st quarter | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 41 |
| 2nd „ | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 55 |
| 3rd | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 16 |
| 4th | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Year | 13 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 39 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 123 |
The deaths during the year numbered 6, and were equal to the very high rate of 85
per cent. of the cases notified.