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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 PoxCases——22———————1+ 1
Rate——0.000.00——————0.00—
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__—1————3——1+ 1
Rate___0.00_———0.01——0.00—
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.
TufnellTufnell—6351—1—102———127
Up. Holloway TollingtonUp. Holloway17383—2—132———174
Tollington—11698—2—102——_228
Lr. HollowayLr. Holloway—142111—2—102—_—267
Highbury—87621—96———165
HighburyMildmay_6940——_64———119
Thornhill_15266—2—221———243
BarnsburyBarnsbury—5950—3—1321——128
St. Mary's—6651—1—62—_—126
Islington, S.E.Canonbury—10849—3—103——_173
St. Peter's—7582—1—91———168
Totals11010743—18—118271——1918
Attack_Rates per 1.000 population0.002.982.19—0.05—0.350.080.00——5.65