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Islington 1927

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

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Table: Scarlet Fever.—The number of cases of Scarlet Fever notified was 539, compared with 478 in the previous year. A comparison with previous years can be made from the following Table, which shews the number of notifications received in the past ten years : —

Scarlet Fever.—The number of cases of Scarlet Fever notified was 539, compared with 478 in the previous year. A comparison with previous years can be made from the following Table, which shews the number of notifications received in the past ten years : —

Scarlet Fever.
Cases.Deaths.Mortality per 100 cases.
1918205125.8
191962760.9
192072881.1
19211,12050.4
1922619121.9
192339471.7
192436851.3
192538320.5
192647820.4
192753930.5

Table: Diphtheria.—The cases notified numbered 311, compared with 377 in the previous year. Statistics for the past ten years are shewn in the following Table: —

Diphtheria.—The cases notified numbered 311, compared with 377 in the previous year. Statistics for the past ten years are shewn in the following Table: —

Diphtheria.
Diphtheria Cases.Deaths.Mortality per 100 cases.
1918319319.7
1919352174.8
19204534610.2
1921515285.4
1922447327.1
1923295279.0
1924190105.2
1925256176.6
1926377102.6
1927311165.1

Table: Ophthalmia Neonatorum.

Ophthalmia Neonatorum.

Cases.Results.
Notified.Treated.Vision UnimpairedVision Impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
Home.Hospital.
8627–—1*

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•Certified cause of death —Pneumonia