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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1935] 34
Notified Cases Treated. | Percentage of Notified Cases Treated. | Deaths Occurring. | Percentage of Deaths Occurring. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In Hospital | At Home | Total | In Hospital | At Home | In Hospital | At Home | Total | In Hospital | At Home | Total | |
Scarlet | |||||||||||
Fever | 701 | 15 | 716 | 97.9 | 2.1 | - | — | — | _ | ||
Diphtheria | 759 | 3 | 762 | 99.7 | 0.3 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 1 6 | 0 1 | 1.7 |
Enteric | |||||||||||
(Typhoid | |||||||||||
Fever) | 6 | 1 | 7 | 85'7 | 14.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Erysipelas | 84 | 46 | 130 | 64.6 | 35 4 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 85 | 23 | 10 8 |
Puerperal | |||||||||||
Fever ... | 22 | 2 | 24 | 91.7 | 8.3 | 3 | —. | 3 | 12 5 | — | 12 5 |
Continued | |||||||||||
Fever | |||||||||||
Total ... | 1,572 | 67 | 1,639 | 947 | 53 | 26 | 4 | 30 | 1.5 | 03 | 1.8 |
DISEASES. | YEARS. | Average number of cases, 1925 34 | 1935 | Increase or Decrease | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | |||||
Small.pox f | Cases | 1 | __ | 4 | 71 | 244 | 66 | 162 | 11 | 70 | t — | _ | _ | |
Rate | — | 0 00 | — | 0.01 | 0.22 | 0.75 | 0 21 | 0.50 | 003 | 0.22 | — | — | ||
Diphtheria / | Cases | 911 | 743 | 716 | 756 | 1004 | 1242 | 710 | 598 | 547 | 811 | 803 | 760 | — 43 |
Rate | 2.69 | 2.19 | 2.14 | 2.33 | 314 | 3.81 | 2.19 | 1.84 | 1.72 | 2.58 | 2.47 | 2.46 | — 0 01 | |
Membranous / Croup \ | Cases | 2 | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — 2 |
Rate | 000 | — | 001 | 001 | 001 | 001 | 001 | 001 | 001 | 001 | 001 | 001 | — | |
Scarlet Fever f | Cases | 1139 | 1010 | 909 | 1305 | 1155 | 1310 | 1093 | 983 | 1220 | 1089 | 1126 | 716 | — 410 |
Rate | 3.36 | 2.98 | 2.72 | 402 | 3.61 | 4.02 | 3.37 | 303 | 382 | 3.49 | 3.47 | 2.32 | — 115 | |
Enteric Fever / | Cases | 10 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 7 | — 8 |
Rate | 003 | 005 | 003 | 006 | 006 | 009 | 0.05 | 004 | 005 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 005 | — | |
Continued / Fever \ | Cases | — | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | — | _ | 1 | _ | _ | — | _ | — |
Rate | — | 0.00 | — | — | 000 | 000 | _ | 000 | _ | — | — | — | — | |
Puerperal / Fever* ... \ | Cases | 23 | 27 | 33 | 38 | 38 | 36 | 45 | 35 | 36 | 54 | 35 | 24 | — 11 |
Rate | 3.50 | 4.18 | 5.40 | 6.56 | 6.89 | 6.3 | 8.52 | 7.07 | 7.86 | 11.68 | 6.29 | 5.24 | —105 | |
Erysipelas ... / | Cases | 109 | 118 | 139 | 134 | 148 | 188 | 177 | 165 | 183 | 193 | 154 | 130 | — 24 |
Rate | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 041 | 0.46 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.51 | 0.57 | 0.61 | 0.47 | 0.41 | — 0 06 | |
Totals ... _/ | Cases | 2194 | 1918 | 1813 | 2260 | 2439 | 3057 | 2111 | 1962 | 2016 | 2227 | 2137 | 1639 | — 498 |
Rate | 6.47 | 5.65 | 5.42 | 6.96 | 7.62 | 9.38 | 6.50 | 6.04 | 6.32 | 7.08 | 6.58 | 5.32 | — 1.26 | |
* Per 1,000 Registered Births. t Average where there has been continuance of disease during 10 years. |