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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. , | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Hates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 001 | 14 | 0.04 | 5 | 0.01 | 9 | 0.03 | 4 | 0.01 | 7 | 0.02 |
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 101 | 0.31 | 97 | 0.30 | 153 | 0.48 | 80 | 0.26 | 149 | 0.50 | 114 | 0.39 |
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | 0.06 | 23 | 0.07 | 38 | 0.12 | 18 | 0.06 | 4 | 0.01 | 8 | 0.03 |
| Whooping Cough | 62 | 0.19 | 83 | 0.26 | 103 | 0.32 | 60 | 0.19 | 45 | 0.15 | 147 | 0.51 |
| Diphtheria | 37 | 0.11 | 44 | 013 | 57 | 0.18 | 45 | 0.14 | 33 | 0.11 | 45 | 0.16 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 210 | 25.12 per 1,000 births | 217 | 26.53 per 1,000 births | 154 | 20.43 per 1,000 births | 117 | 16.11 per 1,000 births | 106 | 18.16 per 1,000 births | 82 | 15.78 per 1,000 births |
Showing the Deaths and Deaths-Rate from the Principal Epidemic Diseases during the year 1913-22 and for the Year 1923.
| 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | Mean 10 years | 1923 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths, | Death Rates. | |
| Enteric Fever | 5* | 0.02 | 3* | 0.01 | 1 | 0.00 | - | - | 5 | 0.02 | - | - |
| Small Pox | 1 | 0.00 | — | — | - | - | — | — | - | - | — | - |
| Measles | 12 | 0.04 | 92 | 0.27 | 27 | 0.08 | l.34 | 0.40 | 96 | 0.30 | 16 | 0.05 |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 0.04 | 12 | 0.04 | 19 | 0.06 | 29 | 0.09 | 18 | 0.06 | 13 | 0.04 |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 0.05 | 70 | 0.21 | 43 | 0.13 | 98 | 0.29 | 73 | 0.23 | 38 | 0.11 |
| Diphtheria | 51 | 0.16 | 135 | 0.40 | 110 | 0.33 | 59 | 0.18 | 62 | 0.19 | 21 | 0.06 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 85 | 13.53 per 1,000 births | 77 | 8.19 per 1,000 births | 156 | 19.78 per 1,000 births | 71 | 9.46 per 1,000 births | 127 | 17.43 per 1,000 births | 103 | 14.51 per 1 000 births |
♦Including 2 Malarial Fever.
| Ages. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, &c. | Totals. | Dibrrhœa. | Enteritis, &c. | Totals. | Diarrhoea | Enteritis, &c. | Totals. | Diarrhœa. | Enteritis, &c. | Totals. | Diarrhœa. | Enteritis, &e. | Totals. | |
| Under 1 year | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 35 | 61 | 96 |
| 1 to 5 years | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Over 5 years | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| Totals | 6 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 7 | 40 | 40 | 81 | 121 | |
INFLUENZA.
During the year Influenza caused 58 deaths, which is a decrease of 163 on the return
for the year 1922; and 137 below the average of the preceding ten years 1913-22. The
death-rate was equal to 017 per 1,000 inhabitants.