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Islington 1937

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

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1937

Table: Showing the number ofCasesandAttack Ratesof the severalNotifiable InfectiousDiseaseswhich occurred during each of the Ten Years1927-36and in1937.

Showing the number ofCasesandAttack Ratesof the severalNotifiable Infectious

Diseaseswhich occurred during each of the Ten Years1927-36and in1937.

DISEASES.YEARS.† Average number of cases,1937Increase or Decrease.
19271928192919301931193219331934193519361927-36
4 SmallpoxCases-471244661621170----
Rate-0.010.220.750.210.500.030.22-----
DiphtheriaCases71675610041242710598547811760583770619-151
_ Rate2142.333143.812.191.841.722.582.461.882.432.10-0.33
Membranous CroupCases444643442124- 2
_ Rate0.010.010.010.010.010.010.010.010.010.000.010.01-
Scarlet FeverCases9091305115513101093983122010897167601,047723-324
_ Rate2.724.023.614.023.373.033.823.492.322.453.302.45-0.85
Enteric FeverCases121918311615156771412- 2
Rate0.030.060.060.090.050.040.050.020.050.020.040.04-
Continued FeverCases--1--1-----1+ 1
_ Rate--0.00--0.00-----0.00-
Puerperal Fever* 1Cases333838364535365424253817- 21
Kate5.406.566.896.38.527.077.8611.685.245.297.333.77-3.56
Erysipelas'Cases139134148188177165183193130128157151- 6
Rate0.420.410.460580.540.510.570.610.410.410.490.51+ 0.02
Totals"Cases18132260243930572111196220162227163915042,0281527-501
Rate5.426.967.629386.506.046327.085.324.846.395.17-1.22
* Per 1,000 Registered Births, † Average only where there has been continuance of disease during 10 years.

Table: Showing theCasesof theNotifiable Infectious Diseasesnotified in theSub-Registration Districtsand theWardsduring the year1937.

Showing theCasesof theNotifiable Infectious Diseasesnotified in theSub-Registration Districtsand theWardsduring the year1937.

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-7033-2-183---126
Up. HollowayUp. Holloway-595412-1731--137
TollingtonTollington-8482-2-222---192
Lr. HollowayLr. Holloway-8492-1-18----195
HighburyHighbury-7340---191---133
Mildmay-4630-1-122---91
BarnsburyThornhill-8992-3-82---194
Barnsbury-40563--141---114
Islington,S.E.St. Mary's-5548---81---112
Canonbury-8343-1-72---136
St. Peter's-4049---8----97
Totals-723619412--151171--1527
Attack-Rates per 1,000 population-2.452.100.01--0.510.060.00--5.17

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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).