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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1933]
| 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | 4 | 0 01 | 4 | 001 | 1 | 0.00 | - | - | 2 | 0.00 |
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 16 | 0.05 | 103 | 0.30 | 22 | 0.06 | 09 | 0.20 | 29 | 0.09 | 156 | 0.48 |
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 0.04 | 10 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.02 | 12 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.02 | 8 | 0.03 |
| Whooping Cough | 38 | 0.11 | 57 | 0.17 | 61 | 0.20 | 29 | 0.09 | 45 | 0.14 | 21 | 0.06 |
| Diphtheria | 21 | 0.06 | 33 | 0.09 | 21 | 0.06 | 31 | 0.09 | 25 | 0.07 | 25 | 0.08 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 103 | 14.51 per 1,000 births | 52 | 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 | 67 | 11.57 per 1,000 births |
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| 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | Mean 10 years | 1933 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 001 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.00 | 4 | 001 |
| Small Pox | — | — | 1 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 11 | 0.03 | 140 | 0.43 | 7 | 0.02 | 52 | 0.16 | 61 | 0.18 | 14 | 0.04 |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.04 | 4 | 0.01 | 7 | 0.02 | 9 | 0.03 | 4 | 0.01 |
| Whooping Cough | 126 | 0.39 | 10 | 0.03 | 32 | 0.10 | 23 | 0.07 | 44 | 0.13 | 23 | 0.07 |
| Diphtheria | 32 | 0.10 | 42 | 0.13 | 15 | 0.04 | 20 | 0.06 | 27 | 0.08 | 33 | 0.10 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 68 | 12.34 per 1,000 births | 97 | 17.1 per 1,000 births | 67 | 12.7 per 1,000 births | 73 | 14.7 per 1,000 births | 71 | 11.7 per 1,000 births | 63 | 13.7 per 1,000 births |
Showing the Deaths from Diarrhœal Diseases together with those classed under Enteritis and its Sub-headings, arranged in quarterly periods, and in three groups of ages.
| Ages. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | |
| Under 1 year | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 27 | 7 | 50 | 57 |
| 1 to 5 years | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Over 5 years | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 9 | 9 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| Totals | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 31 | 33 | 11 | 69 | 80 |
INFLUENZA.
Influenza caused 170 deaths during the Year and showed an increase of 67 on
the return for the year 1932, and were 81 above the average of the preceding ten
years 1923-32. The death-rate was equal to 0.33 per 1,000 inhabitants.