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Islington 1912

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

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130
1912]
DIPHTHERIA.
To Diphtheria, including 4 cases of Membranous Croup, were attributed
516 cases, or 25 more than the decennial average (1902-11) of 491. The
return is, however, less than that of the preceding year, when 593 cases were
notified. That there were so many is to be regretted; but it will be
found that in the neighbouring borough of St. Pancras they were even more
numerous, and in a smaller population, than in Islington. It is difficult to
ascribe a reason for the increase.

Table: The following statement gives the attack-rate for London, for the provincial towns, the great and smaller towns of England, and for the various boroughs which encircle Islington :—

The following statement gives the attack-rate for London, for the provincial towns, the great and smaller towns of England, and for the various boroughs which encircle Islington :—

Cases.Attack-rate.
London7,1011.58
240 Provincial Towns29,6591.28
94 Great Towns24,4371.33
146 Smaller Towns5,2221.15
St. Pancras5502.55
Stoke Newington551.09
Hackney2521.13
Hornsey871.01
Finsbury1441.68
Shoreditch1391.26
The Encircling Boroughs1,2271.59

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Houses infected.—The 512 cases of Diphtheria occurred in 441 houses,
of which 402 were infected with only one case, while 24 houses had two
cases, 10 houses three cases, 4 houses four cases, and in 1 house five cases.

Table: Number of cases of Diphtheria occurring in one house.

Number of cases of Diphtheria occurring in one house.

1 case in house.2 cases in house.3 cases in house.4 cases in house.5 cases in house.No. of houses infectedNo. of cases in 1912.
402241041441501
Number of cases occurring in Public Institutions.
Cases.
Great Northern Hospital4
Islington Infirmary3
London Fever Hospital3
St. John's Road Workhouse1
11

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Hospital Isolation.—466 cases, or 90.3 per cent., were removed to
hospital, and of these 353 were received into the institutions of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board.