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Islington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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In the Quarters.—In the first quarter 339 cases were notified representing
an annual attack-rate of 4.13 per 1,000 of the inhabitants. These
cases were 145 below the corrected average (484) which obtained in the first
quarters of the preceding 10 years. It is to be remarked that the decrease
was due to a diminution of the number of cases of Small Pox, Scarlet Fever,
Diphtheria, Enteric or Typhoid Fever and Erysipelas notified.
In the second quarter 319 cases, equal to an annual attack-rate of 3.89
per 1,000, were notified. They were 157 below the average of 476 which
obtained in the second quarters of the preceding 10 years. The decrease
was due to the fewer number of cases of Small Pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Enteric Fever, Erysipelas, and Puerperal Fever notified.
In the third quarter there were 364 cases notified, which represent an
annual attack-rate of 4.44 per 1,000 inhabitants. They were 228 below the
corrected average (592) which obtained in the third quarter of the preceding 10
years. The decrease was due to the fewer notifications of Small Pox, Scarlet
Fever, Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, and Erysipelas.
In the fourth quarter 503 cases were notified, which represents an annual
attack-rate of 6.13. The cases are 170 below the corrected average (673) of the
fourth quarters of the preceding 10 years, and showed a decrease from the
following diseases:-Small Pox, Scarlet Fever, Enteric Fever, and Erysipelas.
FATALITY FROM THE NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
By the term "fatality" is meant the percentage proportion which the
deaths bear to the notified cases of these diseases.
The number of deaths registered from, as well as the number of notifications
of, these diseases were less than in any year since 1891, the year in
which the Notification Act was begun to be enforced in Islington, and, therefore
constitute a record. They numbered 79, or 5.2 per cent. of the notifications.
It will be noticed in the following figures that there has been an almost
uniform diminution in the fatality since 1896,