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Islington 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1930] 40
| SubRegistration Districts. | Wards. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric (Typhoid. Fever. | Typhus Fever | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | Tufnell | 4 | 142 | 97 | - | 3 | - | 11 | 4 | - | - | - | 261 |
| Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | 23 | 98 | 110 | - | 9 | - | 17 | 5 | - | - | - | 262 |
| Tollington | Tollington | 8 | 160 | 120 | - | 3 | - | 20 | 3 | - | - | - | 314 |
| Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | 15 | 205 | 162 | 2 | 4 | - | 29 | 7 | - | - | - | 424 |
| Highbury | Highbury | 10 | 135 | 100 | - | 1 | - | 14 | 5 | - | - | - | 265 |
| Mild may | 12 | 80 | 75 | - | 4 | - | 13 | 4 | - | - | - | 188 | |
| Barnsbury | Thornhill | 47 | 152 | 124 | 1 | 1 | - | 21 | 2 | - | - | - | 348 |
| Barnsbury | 31 | 90 | 103 | 2 | — | - | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | 242 | |
| Islington, S.E. | St. Mary s | 38 | 49 | 85 | — | 2 | - | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | 193 |
| Canonbury | 18 | 120 | 143 | — | 2 | - | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | 294 | |
| St. Peter's | 38 | 79 | 123 | 1 | 2 | - | 20 | 3 | - | - | - | 266 | |
| Totals | 244 | 1,310 | 1,242 | 6 | 31 | - | 188 | 36 | - | — | — | 3,057 | |
| Attack-Rates per 1,000 population | 0.75 | 4.02 | 3.81 | 0.01 | 0.09 | - | 0.58 | 0.12 | - | - | - | 9.38 |
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 Poliomyelitis, Acute Encephalitis Lethargica, Acute
Polio.Encephalitis, Acute Primary Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal.Pneumonia,
Cerebro.spinal fever or Epidemic Cerebro.spinal Meningitis, Dysentery, Glanders
or Farcy, Hydrophobia or Rabies, Malaria, Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Plague,
Tuberculosis, Puerperal Pyrexia, and Chicken.pox (except in the vaccinated under
10 years of age).
A cute P oliomyelitis.
Four cases were notified from this disease during the year, as contrasted with three in 1929, and none in 1928.
| 1930 | 1929 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1st Quarter | 2 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| 2nd „ | Nil | „ | 1 | „ |
| 3rd „ | „ | „ | Nil | „ |
| 4th „ | 2 | „ | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Nil | 3 | 1 | |
Epidemic Cerebro.Spinal Meningitis.
Thirteen cases came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health,
although only 8 were notified, as against 6 in 1929. During the ten years 1920.29
the cases averaged 8 per annum.