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Islington 1938

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

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1938] 94

Table: (Ministry of Health Return.)Notifiable Infectious Diseasesduring theYear 1938.

(Ministry of Health Return.)

Notifiable Infectious Diseasesduring theYear 1938.

Disease.Ages.Totals.Total Cases removed to Hospital
Under 11—22—33—44—55—1010—1515—2020—3535—4545—6565 and upwds
Small PoxNotifications..........................................
Deaths.......................................
Scarlet FeverNotifications53943618528699442865...701658
Deaths............1...............1...22
Diphtheria and Memb. CroupNotifications1231545756234613252731600600
Deaths1...3221221............2323
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)Notifications...............1...1122188
Deaths.................................111
Puerperal FeverNotifications........................152......1917
Deaths........................14......55
Puerperal PyrexiaNotifications........................5410......6931
Deaths.......................................
Acute Primary and Influenzal PneumoniaNotifications467712195132928411718881
Deaths...............1......2265169
Ophthalmia NeonatorumNotifications39.................................3931
Deaths..........................................
Encephalitis LethargicaNotifications..........................................
Deaths...........................1...232
Cerebro Spinal FeverNotifications211...11...15...1...1313
Deaths211.........1...1...1...77
Acute PoliomyelitisNotifications............22..................42
Deaths..........................................
AnthraxNotifications..........................................
Deaths..........................................
DysenteryNotifications91713591810165419883
Deaths5.................................55
MalariaNotifications..............................1...1...
Deaths..........................................
ErysipelasNotifications221...125103320582415881
Deaths1..............................455
Chicken Pox*Notifications21533648522479931181......606100
Deaths..........................................
Measles*†Notifications232...123...............1312
Deaths.......................................
Whooping Cough*†Notifications1224172117201...............11269
Deaths11..............................22

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*Limited notification. †From 1st October, 1938.