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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1929]
| 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
| Enteric Fever | 5* | 0.02 | 3* | 0.01 | 1 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0.01 |
| Small Pox ... | 1 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 12 | 0.04 | 92 | 0.27 | 27 | 0.08 | 134 | 0.40 | 16 | 0.05 | 103 | 0.30 |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 0.04 | 12 | 0.04 | 19 | 0.06 | 29 | 0.09 | 13 | 0.04 | 10 | 0.03 |
| Whooping Cough ... | 17 | 0.05 | 70 | 0.21 | 43 | 0.13 | 98 | 0.29 | 38 | 0.11 | 57 | 0.17 |
| Diphtheria ... | 51 | 0.16 | 135 | 0.40 | 110 | 0.33 | 59 | 0.18 | 21 | 0.06 | 33 | 0.09 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 85 | 13.53 per 1,000 births | 77 | 8.19 per 1.000 births | 156 | 19.78 per 1,000 births | 71 | 9.46 per 1,000 births | 103 | 14.51 per 1,000 births | 52 | 7.65 per 1,000 births |
| 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | Mean 10 years | 1929 | |||||||
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.00 | — | — | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.01 |
| Small Pox ... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 22 | 0.06 | 69 | 0.20 | 29 | 0.09 | 156 | 0.48 | 66 | 0.20 | 11 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | 0.02 | 12 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.02 | 8 | 0.03 | 13 | 0.04 | 8 | 0.03 |
| Whooping Cough ... | 61 | 0.20 | 29 | 0.09 | 45 | 0.14 | 21 | 0.06 | 48 | 0.14 | 126 | 0.39 |
| Diphtheria ... | 21 | 0.06 | 31 | 0.09 | 25 | 0.07 | 25 | 0.08 | 51 | 0.15 | 32 | 0.10 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | I 69 | 10.54 per 1.000 births | 69 | 10.68 per 1,000 births | 48 | 7.79 per 1,000 births | 67 | 11.57 per 1,000 births | 80 | 11.44 per 1,000 births | 68 | 12.34 per 1,000 births |
* Including 2 Malarial Fever.
| Ages. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhæa. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | |
| Under 1 year | 2 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 55 | 68 |
| 1 to 5 years | — | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | |
| Over 5 years | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 10 | 10 |
| Totals | 2 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 13 | 73 | 86 |
INFLUENZA.
Influenza caused 207 deaths during the year and showed an increase of 166
on the return for the year 1928, and were 80 above the average of the preceding
ten years 1919-28. The death-rate was equal to 0.65 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The epidemic commenced in the third week in January. It progressed
through February, in which month 111 deaths were registered as due to the
disease. The deaths were mostly of persons over 40 years of age. The greater
number were amongst persons aged 55 years and upwards.
The report of the epidemic was before the Public Health Committee, and in
accordance with the Circular of the Ministry of Health on Influenza, the Medical
Officer of Health was authorised to set forth the precautions to be adopted to
minimize the risk of infection, and the complications, and to communicate these
through the medium of the Press.