Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1930
Notified Cases Treated. | Percentage of Notified Cases Treated. | Deaths Occurring | Percentage of Deaths Occurring. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In Hospital | At Home | Total | In Hospital | At Home | In Hospital | At Home | Total | In Hospital | At Home | Total | |
Small Pox | 243 | 1 | 244 | 99.1 | 0.9 | 1 | - | 1 | 0.4 | - | 0.4 |
Scarlet Fever | 1,220 | 90 | 1,310 | 93.1 | 6.9 | 14 | - | 14 | 1.1 | - | 1.0 |
Diphtheria | 1.236 | 12 | 1,248 | 99.0 | 1.0 | 39 | 3 | 42 | 31 | 25 0 | 3.4 |
Enteric (Typhoid Fever) | 30 | 1 | 31 | 96.8 | 3.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | 118 | 70 | 1 8 | 62.7 | 37.3 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 102 | 2.8 | 7.4 |
Puerperal Fever | 32 | 4 | 36 | 88.8 | 11.2 | 9 | 9 | 28.1 | - | 25.0 | |
Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 2,879 | 178 | 3,057 | 94.2 | 5.8 | 75 | 5 | 80 | 26 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
DISEASES. | YEARS. | Average number of cases, 1920 29 | 1930 | Increase or Decrease | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | |||||
Small Pox | Cases | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 71 | _ | 244 | + 173 | |
Diphtheria | Rate | - | - | - | - | - | - | 000 | _ | 0.01 | 0.22 | . | 0.75 | + 053 |
Cases | 1324 | 1548 | 1126 | 889 | 854 | 911 | 743 | 716 | 756 | 1004 | 988 | 1242 | + 254 | |
Membranous | Rate | 3.94 | 4.65 | 3.37 | 2.64 | 2.48 | 2.69 | 2.19 | 2.14 | 2.33 | 314 | 2.96 | 3.81 | + 0.85 |
Cases | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | + 3 | |
Croup Scarlet Fever | Rate | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 001 | 0.01 | 001 | _ | |
Cases | 1307 | 2622 | 1496 | 1080 | 1077 | 1139 | 1010 | 909 | 1305 | 1155 | 1318 | 1310 | . 8 | |
Enteric Fever | Rate | 3.89 | 7.87 | 4.48 | 3.21 | 313 | 3.36 | 2.98 | 2.72 | 4.02 | 3.61 | 3.95 | 402 | + •007 |
Cases | 24 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 31 | 16 + 0.05 | |
Continued Fever | Rate | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0'04 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 006 | 0.06 | 004 | 009 | |
Cases | - | - | - | -_ | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | ||
Rate | - | - | - | - | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | - | - | - | a. ah | |||
Puerperal Fever* | Cases | 29 | 34 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 23 | u w 27 | 33 | 38 | u w 38 | u uu 28 | u uu 36 | + 8 |
Rate | 3.08 | 4.31 | 2.68 | 3.10 | 2.79 | 3.50 | 4.18 | 5.40 | 6.56 | 6.89 | 4.00 | 6.3 | + 2 3 | |
Erysipelas | Cases | 165 | 125 | 132 | 87 | 116 | 109 | 118 | 139 | 134 | 148 | 127 | 188 | + 61 |
Rate | 0.49 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0 41 | 0.46 | 0.38 | 0.58 | + 0 20 | |
Totals | Cases | 2853 | 4344 | 2787 | 2096 | 2085 | 2194 | 1918 | 1813 | 2260 | 2439 | 2479 | 3057 | + 578 |
Rate | 8.49 | 1305 | 8.34 | 6-22 | 606 | 6'47 | 5.65 | 5.42 | 6.96 | 7.62 | 7.43 | 9.38 | + 1.95 |
* Per 1,000 Registered Births.