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Islington 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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[1929

Table: Showing the number ofCasesandAttack Ratesof the severalNotifiable Infectious Diseaseswhich occurred during each of the Ten Years 1919-28 and in1929.

Showing the number ofCasesandAttack Ratesof the severalNotifiable Infectious Diseaseswhich occurred during each of the Ten Years 1919-28 and in1929.

DISEASES.YEARS.Average number of cases, 1919-281929Increase or Decrease
1919192019211922192319241925192619271928
Small PoxCases2——————1—4—71+ 71
Rate0.00——————0.00—0.010.000.22+ 022
DiphtheriaCases6451324154811268898549117437167569511004+ 53
Rate1.963.944.653.372.642.482.692.192.142.332.853.14+ 0.29
Membranous CroupCases4454222—4434+ 1
Rate0.010.010.020.010.000-000.00—0.010.010.010.01—
Scarlet FeverCases10841307262214961080107711391010909130513031155— 148
Rate3.293.897.874.483.213.133.362.982.724.023.913.61— 0.30
Enteric FeverCases16241091614101812191518+ 3
Rate0.050.070.030.030.050.040.030.050.030.060.040.06+ 0.02
Continued Fever *Cases1————3—1———1+ 1
Rate0.00————0.01—0.00——0.000.00—
Puerperal Fever*Cases292934202219232733382838+ 10
Rate4.623.084.312.683.102.793.504.185.406.564.006.89+ 2.89
ErysipelasCases21216512513287116109118139134134148+ 14
Rate0.640.490.380.390.260.340.320.350.420.410.400.46+ 0.06
TotalsCases199328534344278720962085219419181813226024342439+ 5
Rate6.058.4913.058.346.226.066.475.655.426.967.297.62+ 0.33

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* Per 1,000 Registered Births.

Table: Showing theCasesof theNotifiable Infectious Diseasesnotified, in theSub-Registration Districtsand theWardsduring the Year1929.

Showing theCasesof theNotifiable Infectious Diseasesnotified, in theSub-Registration Districtsand theWardsduring the Year1929.

Sub-Registration Districts.Wards.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Enteric (Typhoid' Fever.Typhus FeverErysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Cholera.Total.
TufnellTufnell—10646—2—102———166
Up. HollowayUp. Holloway5116168—4—174———314
TollingtonTollington—131124—2—102———269
Lr. HollowayLr. Holloway619910231—191———331
HighburyHighbury27164—1—126———156
Mild may28960—2—115———169
BarnsburyThornhill71239411—2471——258
Barnsbury1790103———97———226
Islington, S.E.St. Mary's18975—1—9————175
Canonbury227868—2—131———184
St. Peter's963100—2—143———191
Totals711,1551,004418—148381——2,439
Attack-Rates per 1,000 popula tion0.223.613.140.010.06—0.460.120.00——7.62

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OTHER NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
The diseases which are notifiable in Islington include those which have since
been added by Order, and the complete list is as follows :—Small Pox, Cholera,
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Erysipelas, the disease known as Scarlatina or
Scarlet Fever, the fevers known by any of the following names : Typhus, Typhoid,
Enteric, Relapsing, Continued or Puerperal, and also the following infectious
diseases : Anthrax, Acute Encephalitis Lethargica, Acute Polio-Encephalitis, Acute
Poliomyelitis, Acute Primary Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal Pneumonia, Cerebrospinal
Fever or Epidemic Cerebro-spinal Meningitis, Dysentery, Glanders or
Farcy, Hydrophobia or Rabies, Malaria, Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Plague, and
Tuberculosis.