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Islington 1933

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

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[1933

Table: Showing theCasesof theNotifiable Infectious Diseasesnotified, in theSub-Registration Districtsand theWardsduring the Year1933.

Showing theCasesof theNotifiable Infectious Diseasesnotified, in theSub-Registration Districtsand theWardsduring the Year1933.

Sub-Registration 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.
TufnellTufnell-11643-3-255192
Up. HollowayUp. Holloway111865-2-114---201
TollingtonTollington-12846--166---196
Lr. HollowayLr. Holloway-1557112-194---252
HighburyHighbury-10234-2-144---156
Mildmay-11754---161---188
BarnsburyThornhill8116612--251---213
Barnsbury27833---131---127
Islington, S.E.St. Mary's-765413-151---150
Canonbury-11139-1-123---166
St. Peter's-10347-2-176---175
Totals111,220547415-18336---2,016
Attack-Rates per 1,000 population0.033.821.720.010.05-0.570.12---6.32

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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).
Acute Poliomyelitis.

Table: Eight cases were notified from this disease during the year, as contrasted with four in 1932, and four in 1931.

Eight cases were notified from this disease during the year, as contrasted with four in 1932, and four in 1931.

19331932
Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.
1st QuarterNilNil1Nil
2nd „3„1„
3rd „3„1„
4th „2„11
8Nil41

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Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
Twelve cases came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, although
only 7 were notified, as against 13 in 1932. During the ten years 1923-32 the cases
averaged 10 per annum.