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Islington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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117 [1913
The returns for the preceding 21 years are given in the following statement : —
| Years | Cases. | Attack-rates per 1,000 inhabitants. | Years. | Cases. | Attack-rates per 1,000 inhabitants. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892 | 3,318 | 10.26 | 1903 | 1,707 | 5.12 |
| 1893 | 4,853 | - 14.84 | 1904 | 1,941 | 5.84 |
| 1894 | 3,121 | 9.44 | 1905 | 1,928 | 5.81 |
| 1895 | 2,839 | 8.50 | 1906 | 2,275 | 6.87 |
| 1896 | 3,824 | 11.32 | 1907 | 2,063 | 6.25 |
| 1897 | 2,906 | 8. 62 | 1908 | 2,289 | 6.82 |
| 1898 | 2,418 | 7.18 | 1909 | 2,049 | 6.23 |
| 1899 | 2,943 | - 8.75 | 1910 | 1,525 | 4.65 |
| 1900 | 2,276 | 6.78 | 1911 | 1,759 | 5.37 |
| I901 | 2,852 | 8.52 | 1912 | 1,577 | 4.83 |
| I902 | 3,164 | 9.29 | |||
| 1892-1912 | 53,627 | 770 | |||
| 1913 | 2,171 | 6.54 | |||
Sub-Registration Districts. —The incidence of the infectious diseasesvaried
greatly in the several sub-registration areas, for while the attack rate
was as high as 8 07 per 1,000 of the population in Tollington, and 8.05 in
Islington South East, it was as low as 4.28 per 1,000 in Barnsbury and 4.82
in Lower Holloway. This is the second consecutive year in which the attack
rate has been very low in Barnsbury.
The cases and attack-rates for each sub-district are given in the following statement:—
| Cases. | Attack-rates. | |
|---|---|---|
| Tufnell - | 256 | 7.41 |
| Upper Holloway | 296 | 7.66 |
| Tollington | 245 | 8.07 |
| Lower Holloway | 191 | 4.82 |
| Highbury | 328 | 5.62 |
| Barnsbury | 238 | 4.28 |
| Islington South East | 617 | 8.05 |
| Total | 2,171 | 6.56 |