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[1908
When these cases are split up into quinquennial periods, the decrease in
their number is very noticeable, for in the quinquennium 1891-1895 they
numbered 10,189; in the quinquennium 1896-1900 14,367, and in the quinquennium
1901-1905 11,592. Thus there has been a decrease between the first and
last periods of no less than 4,597 cases.
When compared with the neighbouring districts, the attack-rate of the
borough is satisfactory, for in St. Pancras it was 6.18; in Finsbury 7.44; in
Hackney 8.31, and in Shoreditch 8.94. As might have been expected, the rate
was lower in the residential districts of Hornsey and Stoke Newington, where
it was respectively 4.15 and 5.59 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Cases. Attack-Rates.
St. Pancras 1,490 6.18
Stoke Newington 307 5.59
Hackney 1,982 8.31
Hornsey 386 4.15
Finsbury 727 7.44
Shoreditch 1,048 8.94
The Encircling Boroughs 5,940 7.14
County of London 35,968 7.36
Islington 2,289 6.43
Sub-Registration Districts.—The 2,289 cases were distributed to
these districts as shown below.
Cases.
Attack-rates.
Tufnell
231
6.50
Upper Holloway
2 73
7.27
Tollington
248
6.6i
Lower Holloway
350
8.21
Highbury
345
4.96
Barnsbury
371
6.76
Islington South East
471
6.02
Total
2,289
6.43
It will be noticed in this return that, so far as the notifiable infectious
diseases are concerned, the healthiest part of the Borough was Highbury,
where only 349 cases were notified, and produced an attack-rate of 4'96 per
1,000 of the inhabitants; and that then there followed in order, Islington
South-East, with a rate of 6 02; Tufnell, 6.50; Tollington, 6.61; Barnsbury,
6.76 ; Upper Holloway, 7.27, and Lower Holloway, 8.21 per 1,000.
In Lower Holloway the cause of the higher attack-rate was due to the
greater incidence in proportion to population of Enteric Fever and Diphtheria,
while in Upper Holloway Diphtheria was unusually prevalent.