Seventy-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington page 30

Islington 1926

Seventy-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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1926]
Hospital Isolation.—Of the 1,918 cases of infectious diseases notified,
1,852 were isolated in hospital, or a percentage of 96.5 while only 3.5 per cent, of
the patients, therefore, were nursed at home. With two exceptions this is the
highest number on record.

Table: The following tabular statement shows the number of cases treated in the various public institutions :

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The following tabular statement shows the number of cases treated in the various public institutions :

Year.	Cases treated in Hospital.	Percentage of cases treated.
Year.	Cases treated in Hospital.	Percentage of cases treated.	1916	1,269	90.0
1917	1,099	87.8
1918	982	87.1
1919	1.772	88.9
1920	2,642	92.0
1921	4,117	94.8
1922	2,621	94.0
1923	1,996	95.2
1924	1,975	94.6
1925	2,105	95.9
1926	1,852	96.5

Table: DISEASES TREATED IN HOSPITAL.

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DISEASES TREATED IN HOSPITAL.

Disease.	Total cases.	Cases isolated.	Percentage of known cases.
Small Pox	1	1	100.0
Scarlet Fever	1,010	992	98.2
Diphtheria	743	739	99.5
Enteric Fever	18	17	94.4
Erysipelas	118	76	64.4
Puerperal Fever	27	26	96.3
Conti nued Fever	1	1	100.0
Conti nued Fever	1,918	1,852	96.5

Table: 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 1926.

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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 1926.

	Notified Cases Treated.			Percentage of Notified Cases Treated.		Deaths Occurring.			Percentage of Deaths Occurring.
	In Hospital	At Home	Total	In Hospital	At Home	In Hospital	At Home	Total	In Hospital	At Home	Total
	In Hospital	At Home	Total	In Hospital	At Home	In Hospital	At Home	Total	In Hospital	At Home	Total	Small Pox	1	.	1	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Scarlet Fever	992	18	1,010	98.2	1.8	11	1	12	1.1	6.0	1.2
Diphtheria Enteric	739	4	743	99.5	0.5	30	1	31	4.1	25.0	4.2
(Typhoid Fever)	17	1	18	94.4	5.6	1	.	1	6.5	.	6.0
Typhus Fever	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Erysipelas Puerperal	76	42	118	64.4	35.6	6	2	8	8.0	5.0	6.8
Fever	26	2†	28	92.9	7.1	9*	2†	11	34.6	100.0	40.8
Continued Fever	1	.	1	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Relapsing Fever	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cholera	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	1,852	67	1,919	96.5	3.5	57	6	63	3.0	9.0	3.3

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* Puerperal Pyrexia (1)
† Including 1 case not notified.

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Islington 1926

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Table: The following tabular statement shows the number of cases treated in the various public institutions :

Table: DISEASES TREATED IN HOSPITAL.

Table: 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 1926.

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