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Islington 1913

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

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1913] 122

Number of cases of Scarlet Fever occurring in one house.

No. of cases.1 case in one house.2 cases in one house.3 cases in one house.4 cases in one house.5 cases in one house.6 cases in one house.7 cases in one house.8 cases in one house.9 cases in one house.10 cases in one house.No. of houses infected.
No. of houses infected./1910499651253584
19115468019311650
19125921564585806
U91388410943611111046
No. of cases occurring in Public Institutions.Cases. 5
Public Institutions InfectedIslington Infirmary
London Fever Hospital4
St. John's Road Workhouse3
Receiving Homes, Hornsey Rise16
Kingsdown Orphanage2
30

If the figures in this Table (excluding the Public Institutions) be translated into percentages, the contrast with the preceding years will be best understood, for it shows the percentages of the houses responsible for 1, 2, 3, or more cases in the four years.

1910191119121913
Houses in which 1 case occurred85-4584-0273-484-5
„ „ 2 cases „11-1312-3019-410-4
»» »» 3 ,, ,,2-052-925-64-1
499 99 ^ 99 990-860-46100-6
* 99 99 U 99 990-510-150-6
>9 9} 0 ,, ,,
7 >) >) 1 >> ,»0-1
,, ,, 8 ,» »>0-15
q 99 99 ° >9 990-1
», 99 10 ,, ))o-l
100-00100-00100-0100-00