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Islington 1922

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

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31 [1922

Table: Summary of Infectious Sickness and ofDeaths arising therefrom, distinguishing the Cases treated at Home and inHospitals; and showing the parcentages of notified Cases removed to Hospitals, together with the Fatality among eases treated at Home and in Hospitals during the year1922.

Summary of Infectious Sickness and ofDeaths arising therefrom, distinguishing the Cases treated at Home and inHospitals; and showing the parcentages of notified Cases removed to Hospitals, together with the Fatality among eases treated at Home and in Hospitals during the year1922.

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 Fever1,432641,49695.74.329-292.0—1.9
Diphtheria1,109211,13098.11.9563595.014.35.2
Enteric (Typhoid Fever)81988.911.1------
Typhus Fever--————-————
Erysipelas587413245.956.181913.81.36.8
Puerperal Fever1462070.030.041528.616.625.0
Continued Fever-----------
Relapsing Fever-----------
Cholera-----------
Total2,6211662,78794.06.09751023.73.03.7

Table: Shoving the number ofCases andAttack-Rates of the severalNotifiable InfectiousDiseases which occurred during each of the Ten Years 1912-21 and in1922.

Shoving the number ofCases andAttack-Rates of the severalNotifiable InfectiousDiseases which occurred during each of the Ten Years 1912-21 and in1922.

DISEASES.YEARS.Average number of cases, 1912-211922Increase or Decrease
1912191319141915191619171918191919201921
Small PoxCases------22-----
Rate——---—0.000.00—----
DiphtheriaCases512546651620587556514645132415487501126+ 376
Rate1.571.652.011.961.901.871.801.963.944.652.363.37+ 1.01
Membranous CroupCases448465444554— 1
Rate0.010.010.020.010.020.020.010.010.010.020.020.01- 0.01
Scarlet FeverCases81113171853133263847843210841307262211871496+ 309
Rate2.493.975.714.212.061.611.513.293.897.873.734.48+ 0.75
Enteric FeverCases49507628322330162410349- 25
Rate0.150.150.230.090.100.080.100.070.070.030.110.03- 0.08
ContinuedCases---——--1-----
Rate—-—--——0.00———--
Puerperal Fever*Cases16282523211642929342320— 3
Rate1.953.413.103.482.892.740.770.463.084.313.132.68-0.45
ErysipelasCases1852263342031551 .73141212165125192132- 60
Rate0.570.681.030.640.500.580.490.640.490.380.600.39-0.21
TotalsCases157721712947221014391251112719932853434421912787+ 596
Rate4.836.549.086.984.654.213.936.058.4913.056.898.34+ 1.45
*Per 1,000 Registered Births.