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Islington 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1917]
Puerperal Fever. —16 notifications were received, being in the
proportion of 2.74 per 1,000 births. The cases were below the average
number notified during the ten years 1007-16, but showed an increase of O'll
in the proportion of attacks to a thousand births.
HOSPITAL ISOLATION OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
There were 1,099 cases isolated in hospital, or 87.8 per cent, of the 1,251
cases which were notified during the year. Only 12.2 per cent, of the patients
were nursed at home.
The percentage of cases treated in hospital during the preceding ten years,
1907-16, averaged 84'2.
FATALITY FROM NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
By " Fatality" is meant the percentage proportion of deaths to attacks of
sickness
During the year it was found that out of the 1,251 cases notified 55 deaths
occurred, or 4.4 per cent., which contracts with an average percentage of 4-8
in the preceding ten years 1907-16.
CASES TREATED IN HOSPITAL.
| Disease. | No. | Percentage of known cases. |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 462 | 99.6 |
| Diphtheria | 552 | 98.4 |
| Enteric Fever | 20 | 86.9 |
| Erysipelas | 56 | 32.4 |
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | 56.2 |
| 1,099 | 87.8 |
OTHER NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
ACDTE POLIOMYELITIS.
Six cases were notified during the year, or one half less than the number
recorded in 1916. No death from the disease was registered.
EPIDLMIC CE RE BRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.
Twenty-seven cases were notified, being a decrease of 12 as contrasted
with the return for 1916, and no less than 24 died. It will be noticed that the
fatality from this disease was at the rate of 89 per cent, of the cases notified.