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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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151 [1911
Table XCIV.
| Year. | Cases. | Deaths. | Fatality. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Total of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Total of Diphtheria and Membranous ! Croup. | Deaths to 100 cases of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Departure from Average Fatality of 10 years. | |
| 1901 | 902 | 9 | 911 | 124 | 10 | 134 | 14.7 | - 6.9 |
| 1902 | 871 | 7 | 878 | 101 | 3 | 104 | 11. 8 | - 8.8 |
| 1903 | 452 | 3 | 455 | 41 | 2 | 43 | 9.4 | - 10.0 |
| 1904 | 347 | .. | 347 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 8.1 | - 10.3 |
| 1905 | 351 | .. | 351 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 9. 7 | - 7.3 |
| 1906 | 437 | 2 | 439 | 30 | 2 | 32 | 7.3 | - 8.6 |
| 1907 | 480 | 1 | 481 | 41 | 1 | 4.2 | 8.7 | - 5.2 |
| 1908 | 522 | 8 | 530 | 59 | 1 | 60 | 11. 3 | - 1.6 |
| 1909 | 425 | 5 | 430 | 30 | 1 | 31 | 7. 2 | - 5.2 |
| 1910 | 463 | 8 | 471 | 34 | - | 34 | 7. 2 | - 4.1 |
| 1901-10 | 5,250 | 43 | 5,293 | 520 | 22 | 542 | 10.2 | - |
| 1911 | 590 | 3 | 593 | 53 | - | 53 | 8. 9 | - 1.3 |
* The last column shows the departure from the average fatality of the ten years preceding the
year indicated.
Table XCV.
| Quarter. | Cases Nursed at Home. | Cases Nursed at Hospitals. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases 1 | Deaths. 2 | Percentage Fatality. 3 | Cases. 4 | Deaths. 5 | Percentage Fatality. 6 | |
| ISt | 16 | 1 | 6.2 | 128 | 1O | 7.8 |
| 2nd | 13 | 2 | 15.4 | 90 | 6 | 6.6 |
| 3rd | 16 | 2 | 12.5 | 129 | 11 | 8.5 |
| 4th | 22 | 3 | 13.6 | 179 | 18 | 10.0 |
| Year | 67 | 8 | 12.0 | 526 | 45 | 8.55 |
Note— In comparing columns 3 and 6 it must not be forgotten that it is only the mildest cases
which as a rule are retained at home. The worst cases are invariably hurried to hospital.