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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1928] 38
Acute Poliomyelitis.
No case was notified from this disease during the year, as contrasted with 6 in 1927, and 12 in 1926.
| 1928 | 1927 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1st Quarter | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| 2nd „ | „ | „ | 1 | „ |
| 3rd „ | „ | „ | 3 | „ |
| 4th | „ | „ | 2 | „ |
| Nil | Nil | 6 | Nil | |
Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
Eight cases came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, although
only 4 were notified, as against seven in 1927. During the ten years 1918-1927,
the cases averaged 9 per annum.
A return of attacks of the disease during the past ten years is given in the following statement:—
| 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | Average 10 yrs. 1918-27 | 1928 | Total Deaths, 1918-27. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 25 | |
| 2nd „ | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 26 |
| 3rd „ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 4th „ | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Year | 16 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 69 |
The deaths during the year numbered 5 and were equal to the very high rate
of 62 per cent. of the cases notified.
Public Health (Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery, etc.) Regulations, 1919.
These Regulations came into force on the 7th January, 1919, and during the past 5 years the following cases were notified by medical practitioners to the Medical Officer of Health:—
| 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaria | 1 | Nil | Nil | 2 | |
| Dysentery | Nil | Nil | Nil | 5 | 1 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 119 | 93 | 190 | 202 | 288 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 65 | 41 | 55 | 124 | 50 |
| Total | 185 | 134 | 245 | 333 | 339 |
DYSENTERY.
Only one case of Dysentery was notified during the year. It occurred in the
Highbury Ward, and the patient was a male aged 31 years.
The Infectious Diseases (London) Regulations, 1927, came into force in 1928,
superseding the regulations to which attention was drawn on page 35 of the Medical
Officer of Health's Report for the year 1927. These amended regulations overcome
the difficulties referred to.