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Islington 1930

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

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39
[1930

Summary ofInfectious Sicknessand ofDeathsarising therefrom, distinguishing theCasestreated, atHomeand inHospitals;and showing the percentage of notified Cases removed, to Hospitals, together with theFatalityamong cases treated atHomeand inHospitalsduring the year1930.

Notified Cases Treated.Percentage of Notified Cases Treated.Deaths OccurringPercentage of Deaths Occurring.
In HospitalAt HomeTotalIn HospitalAt HomeIn HospitalAt HomeTotalIn HospitalAt HomeTotal
Small Pox243124499.10.91-10.4-0.4
Scarlet Fever1,220901,31093.16.914-141.1-1.0
Diphtheria1.236121,24899.01.0393423125 03.4
Enteric (Typhoid Fever)3013196.83.2------
Typhus Fever-----------
Erysipelas118701 862.737.3122141022.87.4
Puerperal Fever3243688.811.29928.1-25.0
Continued Fever-----------
Relapsing Fever-----------
Cholera-----------
Total2,8791783,05794.25.875580262.82.6

Showing the number ofCasesandAttack Ratesof the severalNotifiable Infectious

Diseaseswhich occurred during each of the Ten Years 1920.29 and in1930.

DISEASES.YEARS.Average number of cases, 1920 291930Increase or Decrease
1920192119221923192419251926192719281929
Small PoxCases------1471_244+ 173
DiphtheriaRate------000_0.010.22.0.75+ 053
Cases13241548112688985491174371675610049881242+ 254
MembranousRate3.944.653.372.642.482.692.192.142.333142.963.81+ 0.85
Cases454222.44436+ 3
Croup Scarlet FeverRate0.010.020.010.000.000.000.010.010010.01001_
Cases13072622149610801077113910109091305115513181310. 8
Enteric FeverRate3.897.874.483.213133.362.982.724.023.613.95402+ •007
Cases2410916141018121918153116 + 0.05
Continued FeverRate0.070.030.030.050'040.030.050.030060.06004009
Cases----_3.1..1..
Rate----0.01-0.01---a. ah
Puerperal Fever*Cases293420221923u w 273338u w 38u uu 28u uu 36+ 8
Rate3.084.312.683.102.793.504.185.406.566.894.006.3+ 2 3
ErysipelasCases16512513287116109118139134148127188+ 61
Rate0.490.380.390.260.340.320.350.420 410.460.380.58+ 0 20
TotalsCases285343442787209620852194191818132260243924793057+ 578
Rate8.4913058.346-226066'475.655.426.967.627.439.38+ 1.95

* Per 1,000 Registered Births.