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Islington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table LXXIX.
| diseases. | years. | Mean Attack Rates. | Attack Rate. | Increase or Decrease | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903. | 1904. | 1935. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1903-1912 | 1913. | ||
| Small Pox | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | —0.01 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2.60 | 3.45 | 3.6l | 4.18 | 3.68 | 4.20 | 3.91 | 2.22 | 2.46 | 2.49 | 3.29 | + 0.68 | |
| Diphtheria | 1.36 | 1.04 | 1.06 | 1.32 | 1.45 | 1.64 | 1.29 | 1.41 | 1.80 | 1.39 | + 0.26 | ||
| Membranous Croup | 00.1 | o.oo | 0.00 | .02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||||
| Enteric Fever | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.30 | 0.45 | 0.28 | 0.9 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.30 | —0.15 | |
| Typhus Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | o.68 | 0.84 | 0.76 | 0.83 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.67 | 0.84 | 0.84 | o.57 | 0.30 | —0.05 | |
| •Puerperal Fever | 2.11 | 2.70 | 274 | 2.79 | 2.46 | 1.96 | 1.71 | 2.44 | 1.76 | 0.95 | 2.26 | + 1.15 | |
| Continued Fever | o'oo | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Relapsing Fever | • •• | ||||||||||||
| Cholera | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 5.12 | 5-84 | 5-8I | 6-87 | 6-25 | 6-82 | 6 23 | 4-65 | 5'37 | 4'®3 | 579 | +0.75 | |