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Islington 1912

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

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[1912

Table: Table XCVII.Showing theCases of Infectious Disease removedto theMetropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitalsfor treatment and isolation during1912.

Table XCVII.

Showing theCases of Infectious Disease removedto theMetropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals

for treatment and isolation during1912.

Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Diseases.Total Admissions.Total Deaths.
Eastern..1233....22426925
North Eastern..5512295..3151,10052
North western..858410..16534428
Western..........44444
South Western..12....69..
The Grove..1......67..
Brook Hospital..14....6112
South Eastern....1....24251
Convalescent Hospital................
Small Pox................
Totals..65135315..7901,809112

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* Including cases of Measles, Whooping Cough, Puerperal Fever, Cerebro-Spinal Fever and
Polio-Myelitis.
OCCUPATIONS OF PERSONS ATTACKED WITH INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
This return is of an interesting character, because it shows us the many
ways in which infectious diseases might be conveyed to the public if precautions
to prevent their spread were not taken; thus 2 makers of boxes were
attacked, and recollecting that these card-board boxes are used for the packing
of hosiery or other similar goods, one can understand how easily infection
can be conveyed from a patient to the public. It is not necessary to discuss
each of these items separately, but any person who interests himself in this
subject will find in Table XCVIII. a list of the occupations of the patients who
suffered from the various diseases that were notified during 1912.