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Islington 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1912]
If the figures in this Table (excluding the Public Institutions) be translated into percentages, the contrast with the preceding year will be best seen, for it shows the percentages of the houses responsible for 1, 2, 3, or more cases in the two years.
| 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of houses in which 1 case occurred | 85.45 | 8402 | 86.1 |
| ,, ,, ,, 2 cases ,, | 11.13 | 12.30 | 11.3 |
| ,, ,, ,, 3 „ ,, | 2.05 | 2.92 | 2.2 |
| ,, ,, ,, 4 „ „ | 0.86 | 0.46 | 0.3 |
| ,, ,, ,,5,, ,, | 0.51 | 0.15 | 0.1 |
| ,, ,, ,, 6 ,, ,, | — | — | — |
| ,, ,, ,, 7 | — | — | — |
| ,, ,, ,, 8 ,, „ | — | 0.15 | — |
| 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.0 | |
Hospital Isolation.—Of the 811 cases that were notified, 768, or 94.7
per cent., were isolated in hospital, which, high though the figure be, is slightly
below that of 1911, when it was 95.3 per cent. It is a very rare circumstance,
when this disease occurs at home, for any objection to be made to the
removal of the patient There can be no doubt that the public, especially
the working classes, recognise more and more the necessity of having the
patient removed to hospital, because they feel that they cannot do so well for
the child as it would be done by in hospital, and that its non.removal may mean
an interference with the work of all the persons residing in the premises as
well as with the attendance at school of the children.
Fatality.—As the total number of deaths that occurred among the 311
cases was 9, the fatality rate was only 11 per cent., which is. the lowest
that has hitherto been known in the borough. The particulars for each
quarter and for each of the sub-registration districts, which in former years
were shown in three separate Tables, have now been condensed into one.
They are as below:—