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Islington 1923

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

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Table: Summary of Infectious Sickness and of Deaths arising therefrom, distinguishing the Cases treated at Home and in Hospitals; and showing the percentages of notified Cases removed to Hospitals, together with the Fatality among Cases treated at Home and in Hospitals during the Year 1923.

Summary of Infectious Sickness and of Deaths arising therefrom, distinguishing the Cases treated at Home and in Hospitals; and showing the percentages of notified Cases removed to Hospitals, together with the Fatality among Cases treated at Home and in Hospitals during the Year 1923.

Notified Cases Treated.Percentages of Notified Cases Treated.Deaths Occurring.Percentage of Deaths Occurring.
In HospitalAt HomeTotalIn HospitalAt HomeIn HospitalAt HomeTotalIn HospitalAt HomeTotal
Small Pox
Scarlet
Fever1,051291,08097.32.713-131.2-1.2
Diph
theria8811089198.81.2201212.31002.3
Enteric
(Typhoid
Fever)1241675025.0—-—---
Typhus-----------
Erysipelas35528740. 259.85-514.3-5.7
Puerperal
Fever1752277.322.781947020.04.9
Continued
Fever-----------
Relapsing Fever-----------
Cholera-----------
Total1,9961002,09695.24 8462482.32.02.3

Table: Showing the number of Cases and Attack Rates of the several Notifiable Infectious Diseases which occurred during each of the Ten Years 1913-22 and in 1923.

Showing the number of Cases and Attack Rates of the several Notifiable Infectious Diseases which occurred during each of the Ten Years 1913-22 and in 1923.

DISEASES.YEARS.Average number of cases,1913-221923Increase or Decrease
1913191419151916191719181919192019211922
Small PoxCases-----22------
Rate —————0-000-00------
DiphtheriaCases 546651620587556514645132415481 126812889+ 77
Rate 1 . 652011.961.901 .871.801.963.944.653.372.552.64+ 0.09
Membranous CroupCases 484654445452— 3
Rate 0 010020.010.020.020.010.010.010.020.010.020.00-0.02
Scarlet FeverCases 13171853133263847843210841307262214961256108)- 176
Rate 3.975-714 212.061.611.513.293.897.874.483.943.21-0.73
Enteric FeverCases 50762832233016241093016- 14
Rate 0 150.230.090.100.080.100.050.070.030.030.090.05-0.04
ContinuedCases' —1
Rate —————-0.00-----——
PuerperalCases 28252321164292934202322- 1
Rate 3.413.103.482.892.740.770.463.084.312.683.163.10-0.06
Fever ErysipelasCases 2.263342.031.551.731.4121216512513218687- 99
Rate 0.681.030.640.500.580.490.6410.490.380.390.580.26-0.32
TotalsCases 21712947221014.912.5111.271993128534344278723122096- 216
Rate 6.549. 086.984.654.213.936.058.4913.058.347.166.221.04
♦Per 1,000 Registered Births.