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Islington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1913
Table XCVIII.
Showing the Cases of Infectious Disease removed to the Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals for treatment and isolation during 1913.
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | ♦Other Diseases. | Total Admissions. | Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern | .. | 64 | 8 | 1 | .. | 91 | 164 | 10 |
| North Eastern | .. | 787 | 44 | .. | .. | 348 | 1,179 | 48 |
| North Western | .. | 179 | 342 | .. | .. | 236 | 775 | 47 |
| Western | .. | 5 | 7 | .. | .. | 3 | 15 | 1 |
| South Western | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
| The Grove | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Brook Hospital | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | .. |
| South Eastern | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | .. |
| Convalescent Hospital | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | .. | 1,041 | 403 | 19 | .. | 685 | 2,148 | 107 |
*Including cases of Measles, Whooping Cough, Puerperal Fever, Cerebro-Spinal Fever and
Polio-Myelitis.
OCCUPATIONS OF PERSONS ATTACKED WITH INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
The majority of the persons attacked with the notifiable infectious diseases
are children under 15 years of age, and the patients are for the most
part in attendance at school. Nevertheless, Table XCIX. shows very clearly
that many of the persons attacked while pursuing their occupations might
easily have carried the disease to their co-workers, or to the articles that they
made or sold, which in turn might convey the infection to the persons wearing
or using them.