London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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1921] 48
| Year. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Mmbranous Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | Total Notifications. | Attack rates per 1,000 Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 728 | 756 | 189 | 2 | 343 | 33 | 6 | - | 2,059 | 6.43 | ||
| 1892 | 42 | 1,709 | 738 | 219 | _ | 550 | 51 | 6 | - | 3 | 3,318 | 10.26 |
| 1893 | 118 | 2,880 | 885 | 251 | 672 | 38 | 7 | - | 4,853 | 14.84 | ||
| 1894 | 90 | 1,493 | 867 | 245 | 395 | 23 | 7 | - | — | 3,121 | 9.44 | |
| 1895 | 25 | 1,692 | 582 | 184 | 5 | 320 | 22 | 9 | - | — | 2,839 | 8.50 |
| 1891-5 | 276 | 8,502 | 3,828 | 1,088 | 9 | 2,280 | 167 | 35 | 4 | 16,190 | 9.90 | |
| 1896* | 50 | 2,031 | 1,091 | 229 | — | 385 | 30 | 6 | 2 | _ | 3,824 | |
| 1897 | 3 | 1,577 | 729 | 256 | _ | 312 | 27 | — | 2,906 | 8.62 | ||
| 1898 | _ | 1,336 | 544 | 237 | 2 | 279 | 19 | — | — | 2,418 | 7.18 | |
| 1899 | 3 | 1,494 | 705 | 353 | _ | 350 | 33 | 2 | — | 3 | 2,943 | 8.75 |
| 1900 | 2 | 1,074 | 633 | 259 | 285 | 16 | 6 | — | — | 2,276 | 6.78 | |
| 1896-1900 | 58 | 7,512 | 3,702 | 1,334 | 3 | 1,611 | 125 | 16 | 4 | 14,367 | 8.53 | |
| 1901 | 50 | 1.286 | 911 | 281 | 2 | 285 | 34 | 3 | _ | — | 2,852 | 8.51 |
| 1902* | 276 | 1,372 | 878 | 257 | — | 357 | 19 | 5 | — | — | 3,164 | 9.29 |
| 1903 | 9 | 865 | 455 | 130 | — | 227 | 19 | 2 | — | — | 1,707 | 5.12 |
| 1904 | 17 | 1,146 | 347 | 126 | 280 | 24 | — | — | — | 1,941 | 5.84 | |
| 1905 | 3 | 1,198 | 351 | 100 | — | 252 | 24 | — | — | — | 1,928 | 5.81 |
| 1901-05 | 355 | 5,867 | 2,942 | 894 | 3 | 1,401 | 120 | 10 | — | 11,592 | 6.96 | |
| 1906 | 1,386 | 439 | 149 | 274 | 24 | 1 | — | — | 2,275 | 6.87 | ||
| 1907 | — | 1,216 | 481 | 92 | — | 252 | 21 | — | — | 2,063 | 6.25 | |
| 1908* | _ | 1,409 | 530 | 97 | _ | 235 | 17 | — | — | 2,289 | 6.82 | |
| 1909 | 3 | 1,285 | 430 | 95 | 221 | 14 | — | — | — | 2,049 | 6.23 | |
| 1910 | 730 | 471 | 89 | 212 | 20 | — | — | 1,525 | 4.65 | |||
| 1906-10 | 5 | 6,026 | 2,351 | 522 | 3 | 1,194 | 96 | 4 | — | — | 10,201 | 6.19 |
| 1911 | _ | 804 | 593 | 73 | _ | 275 | 14 | _ | _ | — | 1,759 | 5.37 |
| 1912 | — | 811 | 516 | 49 | _ | 185 | 16 | — | — | — | 1,577 | 4.83 |
| 1913* | _ | 1,317 | 550 | 50 | _ | 226 | 28 | — | — | — | 2,171 | 6.54 |
| 1914 | _ | 1.853 | 659 | 76 | _ | 334 | 25 | — | — | — | 2,947 | 9.08 |
| 1915 | — | 1,332 | 624 | 28 | — | 203 | 23 | — | — | — | 2,210 | 6.98 |
| 1911-15 | — | 6,117 | 2,942 | 276 | — | 1,223 | 106 | — | — | — | 10,664 | 6.58 |
| 1916 | — | 638 | 593 | 32 | 155 | 21 | _ | _ | — | 1,439 | 4.65 | |
| 1917 | _ | 478 | 561 | 23 | _ | 173 | 16 | — | — | — | 1,251 | 4.21 |
| 1918 | 2 | 432 | 518 | 30 | _ | 141 | 4 | — | — | — | 1,127 | 3.93 |
| 1919* | 2 | 1,084 | 649 | 16 | _ | 212 | 29 | — | — | 6.05 | ||
| 1920 | 1,307 | 1,328 | 24 | — | 165 | 29 | — | — | 2,853 | 8.49 | ||
| 1916-20 | 4 | 3,939 | 3,649 | 125 | — | 845 | 99 | — | — | 8,663 | 5.47 |