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Islington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1908, AND DURING THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS. St. Giles and Bloomsbury.
| Year. | Small-pox. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | - | 39 | 65 | 23 | - | 72 | 1 | - | 200 |
| 1899 | - | 28 | 76 | 23 | - | 56 | 1 | - | 184 |
| 1900 | - | 58 | 98 | 31 | - | 49 | 1 | - | 237 |
| 1901 | 158 | 60 | 150 | 17 | - | 58 | 1 | 1 | 445 |
| 1902 | 159 | 44 | 90 | 24 | - | 45 | 2 | - | 364 |
| 1903 | 1 | 22 | 55 | 36 | 2 | 65 | 1 | - | 182 |
| 1904 | 5 | 19 | 37 | 22 | - | 38 | 4 | - | 125 |
| 1905 | 1 | 10 | 68 | 14 | - | 20 | 1 | - | 114 |
| 1906 | - | 14 | 74 | 9 | - | 22 | 1 | - | 120 |
| 1907 | - | 32 | 58 | 6 | - | 18 | - | 1 | 115 |
| Average for 10 years 1898-1907. | 32.4 | 32.6 | 77.1 | 20.5 | .2 | 44.3 | 1.8 | .2 | 208.6 |
| 1908 | - | 21 | 81 | 12 | - | 28 | 2 | - | 144 |
Chicken-pox was notifiable from October 19th, 1901, to January 6th, 1903, inclusive, during which time 114
notifications were received, and from April 8th to November 6th, 1904, inclusive, during which time
27 notifications were received.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis was notifiable from March 12th, 1907.
There were also the following voluntary notifications of Phthisis :—1904 157.
1905 99.
1906 98.
1907 74.
1908 61.
Holborn District.
| Year. | Small-pox. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | - | 138 | 96 | 9 | - | 38 | 2 | - | 283 |
| 1899 | - | 63 | 117 | 32 | 2 | 43 | 1 | - | 258 |
| 1900 | - | 65 | 96 | 24 | - | 40 | - | - | 225 |
| 1901 | 53 | 101 | 104 | 22 | - | 31 | 1 | - | 312 |
| 1902 | 58 | 69 | 112 | 15 | - | 40 | 4 | - | 298 |
| 1903 | 1 | 31 | 89 | 17 | - | 25 | 3 | - | 166 |
| 1904 | 1 | 27 | 62 | 19 | - | 39 | 3 | - | 151 |
| 1905 | - | 37 | 88 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 1 | - | 149 |
| 1906 | - | 52 | 63 | 6 | - | 34 | 1 | - | 156 |
| 1907 | - | 32 | 98 | 8 | - | 22 | 1 | - | 161 |
| Average for 10 years. 1898-1907. | 11.3 | 61.5 | 92.5 | 15.9 | .3 | 32.7 | 1.7 | .0 | 215.9 |
| 1908 | - | 29 | 112 | 13 | - | 18 | - | - | 172 |
Chicken-pox was notifiable from October 19th, 1901, to January 6th, 1903, inclusive, during which time 168
notifications were received, and from April 8th to November 6th, 1904, inclusive, during which time 34
notifications were received.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis was notifiable from March 12th, 1907; notifications received, 1907, 2; 1908, nil.
There were also the following voluntary notifications of Phthisis:—1904 187.
1905 109.
1906 95.
1907 97.
1908 91.