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Islington 1912

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

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[1912
This is, perhaps, what one might expect, because very frequently, but
not always, when there is a serious spread of disease, it is found that
the more virulent its attack on an individual, the more likely is it to attack
others in a severe form. In other words the type of the disease is more
severe than usual.
Years
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
Cases.
2,059
3318
4-853
3,121
2,839
3,824
2,906
2,418
2,943
2,276
2,852
3,164
1,707
i.941
1,928
2,275
2,063
2,289
2,049
1,525
1,759
1,577
Deaths.
258
291
383
339
266
390
258
173
238
202
250
268
108
119
107
115
100
126
87
79
104
62
Fatality.
12.5
8.7
7.9
10.8
9.3
10.2
8.8
7.1
8.1
8.8
8.7
8.4
6.3
6.1
5.5
5.0
4.8
5.5
4.2
5.2
5.9
3.9
Total
55,686
4,323
7.7