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Islington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1913]
The following are the particulars as to the ages, sex, and addresses of the patients notified: —
| Case. | Date. | Age. | Sex. | Address. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | February 13 | 10 years | F | 8b Beaconsfield Buildings |
| B | February 24 | 2¾ „ | M | 24 Queens Head Street |
| C | April 10 | 8 months | M | 34 Offord Street |
| D | May 5 | 4 years | M | 14 Noel Street |
| 8 months | ||||
| E | May 30 | 7 weeks | M | 22 Ellenborough Road |
| F | June 21 | 12 years | M | 4 Barnsbury Mews |
| G | June 30 | 23 „ | F | 5 Church Street |
| H | Dec. 8 | 9 „ | M | 1 Thornhill Grove |
Recent inquiries have also elicited the following facts with respect to these
notifications:—
A. This case is stated by the Medical Superintendent of the NorthEastern
Hospital, Tottenham, to have been one of pleurisy, and not
of cerebro-spinal meningitis.
B. Is now apparently in good health.
C. Dead.
D. Dead.
E. Family removed from address in Islington, and no information can
be obtained as to present whereabouts.
F. Dead. Patient had been removed to Islington Infirmary.
G. Dead. The certificate of death shows on post-mortem examination
" Malignant Endocarditis."
H. Left sided paralysis with right side facial (partial).
Patients A. and G. are to be excluded, as they had not suffered from the
disease, and are not included in the following summary.
The record of the disease since it became notifiable in 1907 is shown below: —
| 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | Total Cases. | Total Deaths 1907-13. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st quarter | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 |
| 2nd „ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 13 |
| 3rd „ | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 |
| 4th „ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 |
| 11 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 77 | 42 |