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Islington 1924

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

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25
1924

Summary of Infectious Sickness and of Deaths arising therefrom, distinguishing the Cases treated at Home and in Hospitals ; and showing the percentage of notified Cases removed to Hospitals, together with the Fatality among cases treated at Home and in Hospitals during the year 1924.

Notified Cases Treated.Percentage of Notified Cases Treated.Deaths Occurring.Percentage of Deaths Occurring.
In HospitalAt HomeTotalIn HospitalAt HomeIn HospitalAt HomeTotalIn HospitalAt HomeTotal
Small Pox
Scarlet Fever1,049281,07797.42610–100 9–0 9
Diphtheria Enteric848885699.10932133371253'8
(Typhoid Fever)1311497.22'84—431 0–286
Typhus Fever–––––––––––
Erysipelas47ca11640.559o641012-75886
Puerperal Fever156*2171.428671847016-6370
Continued Fever33100.0
Kelapsing Fever–––––––––––
Cholera——————–————
Total1,9751122,08794.65459665305'331

* including 2 cases which were not notified.

Showing the number of Cases and Attack Rates of the several Notifiable Infectious Diseases which occurred during each of the Ten Years 1014-23 and in 1924.

DISEASES.YEARS.Average number of cases, 1914-231924Increase or Decrease
1914191519161917191819191920192119221923
Small PoxCases___—22_—_______
Rate——0.000.00——_———_
DiphtheriaCases6516205875565146451324154811268898468548
Rate2.011.961.901.871.801.963.944.653.372.642.562.48— 0.08
Membranous CroupCases846544454252— 3
Rate0.020.010.020.020.010.010.010.020.010.000.010.000.01
Scarlet FeverCases185313326384784321084130726221496108012321077— 155
Rate5.714.212.061.611.513.293.897.874.483.213.733.13— 0.60
Enteric FeverCases76283223301624109162714— 13
Rate0.230.090.100.080.100.050.070.030.030.050.080.04— 0.04
Continued FeverCases—————1—————3+ 3
Tate—————0.00————0.01+ 0.01
Puerperal FeverCases25232116429293420222219— 3
Rate3.103.482.892.740.770.463.084.312.683.103.052.79—0.26
ErysipelasCases33420315517314121216512513287173116— 57
Rate1.030.640.500.580.490.640.490.380.390.260.520.34— 0.18
TotalsCases294722101439125111271993285343442787209623052085— 220
Rate9.086.984.654.213.936058.4913.058.346.226.97606—0.91

* Per 1,000 Registered Births.