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Islington 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1935
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | Tufnell | 72 | 80 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 168 | ||||||
| Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | — | 95 | 82 | - | - | - | 13 | 2 | - | - | - | 192 |
| Tollington | Tollington | — | 106 | 90 | - | - | - | 11 | 4 | - | - | - | 211 |
| Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | — | 78 | 77 | - | 3 | - | 10 | 4 | - | - | - | 172 |
| Highbury ...< | Highbury | — | 64 | 47 | 1 | — | - | 18 | 3 | -- | - | - | 133 |
| Mildmay | — | 51 | 57 | - | 2 | - | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | 121 | |
| Barnsbury ... < | Thornhill | _ | 55 | 55 | 1 | 1 | - | 16 | 2 | - | - | - | 130 |
| Barnsbury | — | 60 | 59 | - | — | — | 15 | 3 | - | - | - | 137 | |
| Islington, S.E. _j^ | St. Mary's | — | 33 | 59 | - | — | - | 9 | — | - | - | - | 101 |
| Canonbury | — | 55 | 79 | - | — | - | 10 | 1 | - | - | -- | 145 | |
| St. Peter's | — | 47 | 75 | - | — | - | 6 | 1 | - | -- | - | 129 | |
| Totals | — | 716 | 760 | 2 | 7 | — | 130 | 24 | — | — | — | 1,639 | |
| Attack_Rates per | |||||||||||||
| 1.000 popula | |||||||||||||
| tion | 2_32 | 2_46 | 001 | 0_05 | 0_41 | 0_07 | - | 532 |
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.
Six cases were notified from this disease during the year, as contrasted with
four in 1934, and eight in 1933.
Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
Seven cases were notified during the year to the Medical Officer of Health as
against 11 in 1934. During the ten years 1925-34 the cases averaged 11 per
annum.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES (LONDON) REGULATIONS, 1927.
Malaria, Dysentery, Acute Primary Pneumonia and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.
Schedule dealing with Typhus, Relapsing and Enteric Fevers.
During the past five years the following cases were notified by medical
practitioners to the Medical Officer of Health.
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
Malaria
1
2
-
-
-
Dysentery
6
15
5
5
36
Acute Primary Pneumonia
370
254
179
189
151
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia
115
87
125
71
59
Total
492
358
309
265
246