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Islington 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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A return of attacks of the disease during the past ten years is given in the following statement:
| 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | Average 10 yrs. 1913-22 | 1923 | Total Deaths, 1913-23. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st quarter | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 40 |
| 2nd | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 52 |
| 3rd | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4th | 1 | — | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Year | 6 | 7 | 40 | 39 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 111 |
The deaths during the year numbered 7, and were equal to the very high rate of 87
per cent, of the cases notified.
Public Health (Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery, etc.) Regulations, 1919.
These Regulations came into force on the 7th January, 1919, and during the 5 years the following cases were notified by medical practitioners to the Medical Officer of Health :
| 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaria | 193 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Dysentery | 14 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 12 | 34 | 47 | 77 | 120 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 12 | 22 | 25 | 67 | 58 |
| Pneumonia | 29 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Total | 260 | 80 | 80 | 147 | 183 |
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica and Acute Polio-Encephalitis.
These diseases became notifiable under an Order of the Local Government Board on
the 1st January, 1919, and during the year 10 cases of Acute Encephalitis Lethargica
were notified, 5 of which proved fatal. One case of Acutc Polio-Encephalitis was known
in the Borough. The patient was an infant aged 5 months which died.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Purulent Disease of the Eyes of Newly-born Children. See p. 9.
Tuberculosis.
During the year 672 cases of Tuberculosis in its different forms were notified. The
attack-rate was equal to 2.00 per 1,000 of the civil population. This number shows a
decrease of 35 on the return of the previous year, and of 012 per 1,000 on the attack-rate.
It was also 89 below the number in 1921.
Respiratory (Pulmonary) Tuberculosis.—542 notifications were received,
of which 282 referred to males and 260 to females, and represented an attack-rate
ef 1'6 per 1,000. The return was a decrease of 28 on that of 1922, and 110 on 1921.