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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1932]
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Enteric Fever | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | ||||||
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Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
_ | — | — | 4 | 0.01 | 4 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.00 | _ | _ | ||
Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 134 | 0.40 | 16 | 0.05 | 103 | 0.30 | 22 | 0.06 | 69 | 0.20 | 29 | 0.09 |
Scarlet Fever | 29 | 0.09 | 13 | 0.04 | 10 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.02 | 12 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.02 |
Whooping Cough | 98 | 0.29 | 38 | 0.11 | 57 | 0.17 | 61 | 0.20 | 29 | 0.09 | 45 | 0.14 |
Diphtheria | 59 | 0.18 | 21 | 0.06 | 33 | 0.09 | 21 | 0.06 | 31 | 0.09 | 25 | 0.07 |
Diarrhoea and Enterit is (under 2 years) | 71 | 9.46 per 1,000 births | 103 | 14.51 per 1,000 births | 521 | 7.65 per 1,000 births | 69 | 10.54 per 1,000 births | 69 | 10.68 per 1,000 births | 48 | 7.79 per 1,000 births |
1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | Mean 10 years | 1932 | |||||||
Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
Enteric Fever | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.01 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.00 | — | — |
Small Pox | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 156 | 0.48 | 11 | 0.03 | 140 | 0.43 | 7 | 0.02 | 69 | 0.21 | 52 | 0.16 |
Scarlet Fever | 8 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.04 | 4 | o.o1 | 11 | 0.03 | 7 | 0.02 |
Whooping Cough | 21 | 0.06 | 126 | 0.39 | 10 | 0.03 | 32 | 0.10 | 52 | 0.16 | 23 | 0.07 |
Diphtheria | 25 | 0.08 | 32 | 0.10 | 42 | 0.13 | 15 | 0.04 | 30 | 0.09 | 20 | 0.06 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 67 | 11.57 per 1,000 births | 68 | 12.34 per 1,000 births | 97 | 17.1 per 1,000 births | 67 | 12.7 per 1,000 births | 71 | 11.3 per 1,000 , births | 73 | 14.7 per 1,000 births |
Ages. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 year | 3 | 8 | 11 | _ | 27 | 27 | — | 14 | 14 | _ | 13 | 13 | 3 | 62 | 65 |
1 to 5 years | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 8 | 8 |
Over 5 years | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 7 | — | 7 |
Totals | 4 | 9 | 13 | — | 29 | 29 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 70 | 80 |
INFLUENZA.
Influenza caused 103 deaths during the year and showed an increase of 13 on
the return for the year 1931, and were 2 above the average of the preceding ten
years 1922-31. The death-rate was equal to 0.31 per 1,000 inhabitants.