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Islington 1926

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

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[1926

Showing the number of Cases and, Attack Rates of the several Notifiable InfectiousDiseases which occurred during each of the Ten Years 1916.25 and in 1926.

DISEASES.191fl191719181919YEARS.1922192319241925Average number of cases, 1916.251926Increase or Decrease
19201921
Small PoxCases221+ 1
Rate0.000.000.00
DiphtheriaCases587556514645132415481126889854911896743— 153
Rate1.901.871.801.963.944.653.372.642.482.692.772.19— 0.58
Membranous CroupCases65444642224— 4
Rate0.020.020.010.010.010.020.010.000.000.000.01— 0.01
Scarlet FeverCases638478432108413072622149610801077113911351010— 125
Rate2.061.611.513.293.897.874.483.213133.363.512.98— 0. 52
Enteric FeverCases32233016241091614101818
Rate0.100.080.100.050.070.030.030.050.040.030.060.05
Continued FeverCases__131+ 1
Rate___0.00_0.010.00
Puerperal Fever*Cases21164292934202219232227+ 5
Rate2.892.740.770.463.084.312.683.102.793.503.154.18+ 1.03
ErysipelasCases15517314121216512513287116109142118— 24
Rate0.500.580.490.640.490.380.390.260.340.320.440.35— 0.09
TotalsCases143912511127199328534344278720962085219422171918— 299
Rate4.654.213.936.058.4913.058.346.226.066.476.865.65.1.21

* Per 1,000 Registered Births.

Showing the Cases of the Notifiable Infectious Diseases notified in the Sub_ Registration Districts and the Wards during the Year 1926.

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.
TufnellTufnell63511102127
Up. Holloway TollingtonUp. Holloway173832132174
Tollington116982102_228
Lr. HollowayLr. Holloway1421112102_267
Highbury8762196165
HighburyMildmay_6940_64119
Thornhill_152662221243
BarnsburyBarnsbury595031321128
St. Mary's6651162_126
Islington, S.E.Canonbury108493103_173
St. Peter's7582191168
Totals11010743181182711918
Attack_Rates per 1.000 population0.002.982.190.050.350.080.005.65