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Islington 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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129 [1908

Table: Table LXXXII. Showing the Cases and Deaths from Diphtheria and Membranous Croup, together with the Fatality and the Departure from the \Mean Fatality during the ten years 1898-1907, and 1908.

Table LXXXII. Showing the Cases and Deaths from Diphtheria and Membranous Croup, together with the Fatality and the Departure from the \Mean Fatality during the ten years 1898-1907, and 1908.

Year.Cases.Deaths.Fatality.
Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Total of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Total of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Deaths to 100 cases of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Departure from Average Fatality of 10 years.*
18985311354490393171– 4.5
189968817705120812818 2– 3.5
19006249633100610616 7– 4.9
190190299111241013414-7– 6.9
19028717878101310411 8– 8.8
19034523455412439-4– 10.0
1904347..3472712881– 10.3
1905351..351331349 7– 7.3
1906437243930..327 3– 8.6
19074801481411428-7– 5.2
1898-075,683615,7447073774412-9– 7.0
190852285305916011 3– 1.6

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* The last column shows the departure from the average fatality of the ten years preceding the
year indicated.

Table: Table LXXXIII. Showing the Cases, Deaths and Fatality from Diphtheria at Home and in Hospital.

Table LXXXIII. Showing the Cases, Deaths and Fatality from Diphtheria at Home and in Hospital.

Quarter.Cases Nursed at Home.Cases Nursed at Hospital.
Cases. 1Deaths. 2Percentage Fatality. 3Cases. 4Deaths. 5Percentage Fatality. 6
1st30620.0115108.7
2nd15213.367913.4
3rd24312.59077.8
4th26726.9163169.8
Year951818.9435429.6

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Note—In comparing columns 3 and 6 it must not be forgotten that it is only the mildest cases
which as a rule are retained at home. The worst cases are invariably hurried to hospital.