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Islington 1938

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

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91 [1938

Table: Showing the number ofCasesandAttack Ratesof the severalNotifiable InfectiousDiseaseswhich occurred during each of the Ten Years 1928-37 and in1938.

Showing the number ofCasesandAttack Ratesof the severalNotifiable InfectiousDiseaseswhich occurred during each of the Ten Years 1928-37 and in1938.

DISEASES.YEARS.† Average number of cases, 1927-361938Increase or Decrease
1928192919301931193219331934193519361937
SmallpoxCases471244661621170------
Rate0.010.220.750.210.500.030.22--————
DiphtheriaCases75610041242710598547811760583619764595-169
Rate2.333.143.812.191.841.722.582.461.882.102.442.03— 0.41
Membranous CroupCases446434421435+ 2
Rate0.010.010.010.010.010.010010.010.000.010.010.01-
Scarlet FeverCases1305115513101093983122010897167607231,032701— 331
Rate4.023.614.023.373.033.823.492.322.452.453.292.40-0.89
Enteric FeverCases19183116151567712158- 7
Rate0.060.060.090.050.040.050.020.050.020.040.040.02-0.02
Continued FeverCases—1——1————1--—
Rate-0.00--0.00----0.00---
Puerperal Fever*Cases383836453536542425173519- 16
Rate6.566.896.38.527.077.8611.685.245.293.776.974.24- 2.73
ErysipelasCases134148188177165183193130128151160158- 2
_ Rate0.410.460.580.540.510.570.610.410.410.510.510.54+ 0.03
TotalsCases22602439305721111962201622271639150415272,0091486- 523
Rate6.967.629.386.506.046.327.085.324.845.176.415.08- 1.33

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•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 year1938.

Showing theCasesof theNotifiable Infectious Diseasesnotified in theSub-Registration Districtsand theWardsduring the year1938.

Sub-Registration Districts.Wards.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Enteric (Typhoid) Fever.Typhus l ever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Cholera.Total.
TufnellTufnell-5650-1-175---129
Up. HollowayUp. Holloway-5761---292---149
TollingtonTollington-5581-1-111---149
Lr. HollowayLr. Holloway-737611-232---176
HighburyHighbury-5146—1-173---118
Mildmay-5948——-131---121
BarnsburyThornhill-7554——-162---147
Barnsbury-43443--72---99
Islington, S.E.St. Mary's-5445-2-5----106
Canonbury-4942—1-111---104
St. Peter's-1294811-9—---188
Totals—70159558—15819———1486
Attack-Rates per 1,000 population—2.402.030.010.02-0.540.06———5.08

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Puerperal Pyrexia.—69 cases were notified, the attack-rate being 1.54 per
1,000 births.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—39 cases were notified during 1938, representing
an attack-rate of 0.87 per 1,000 births.
Measles and Whooping Cough.—The County of London (Measles and
Whooping Cough) Regulations, 1938, requiring the notification of these two diseases
came into force on the 1st October, 1938. Notification is limited, however, to the first
case in the house within two months. From the 1st October to the end of the
year, 13 cases of Measles and 112 cases of Whooping Cough were notified.