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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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| Diseases | No. of Notifications | No. of Deaths | Cases removed to hospital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 350 (394) | — | 124 |
| Diphtheria | 72 (137) | 1 | 72 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 7 (5) | 1 | 6 |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 (13) | 1 | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | *42 (66) | — | 41 |
| Acute Primary and Influenzal | |||
| Pneumonia | 70 (112) | 3 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 (25) | — | 16 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - (-) | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 21 (10) | 1 | 20 |
| Anthrax | - (-) | — | — |
| Dysentery | 11 (68) | — | 8 |
| Malaria | 1 (11) | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 54 (86) | 1 | 19 |
| Measles | 1,708 (1,877) | 2 | 111 |
| Whooping Cough | 734 (567) | 6 | 96 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 29 (-) | 4 | 29 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | † 6 (-) | — | 6 |
| Scabies | 279 (809) | — | — |
(Figures in brackets are notifications for 1046)
† Including 1 Military Case.
* Including 2 Cases occurring in City of London Maternity Hospital, Liverpool Road.
Home addresses outside London Area.
Smallpox and Vaccination.
No case of smallpox was notified. Of the 5,943 births returned on the "Birth
List Sheets" during 1946, 3,079 were successfully vaccinated. In addition, 1,858
children, whose births occurred elsewhere, were vaccinated in the Borough.
Measles and Whooping Cough.
Measles and Whooping Cough became generally notifiable in London at the end
of 1939. Prior to this there was only a limited notification.
The following chart shows the measles and whooping cough notifications since
1941, and the table shows fatality rates per 1,000 notifications for each of the groups
0-1 ; 1-5 ; and 5 and upwards and the proportion of notifications in each of the age
groups,