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Islington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1908]
ISOLATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. It is satisfactory to find that out of the 2,289 cases of infectious diseases, as many as 1,842, or 80.4 per cent., were isolated in hospitals. This is the largest proportion hitherto recorded, as may be seen by the following figures.
| 1896 | 48.4 per cent. | 1902 | 71-9 per cent. |
| 1897 | 55.7 „ | 1903 | 72.6 „ |
| 1898 | 58.4 | 1904 | 75.5 „ |
| 1899 | 64.6 „ | 1905 | 76.1 „ |
| 1900 | 68.2 „ | 1906 | 77.1 „ |
| 1901 | 69.6 „ | 1907 | 80.0 „ |
| 1908 | - | 80-4 |
Of the total number of cases removed, 1,734, or 76 per cent., were
admitted to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals.
Scarlet Fever.—Out of the 1409 cases which were notified, 1,274
were isolated in hospitals, of whom 1,212 were removed to one or other of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board's hospitals. Thus 90.4 per cent. of the cases of
this disease were removed from their homes for isolation and treatment, while
65-8 per cent. were treated in the Metropolitan Asylums Board's institutions.
Diphtheria.—Out of the 530 cases notified, 435, or 82 per cent., were
isolated in hospital, while 95, or 18 per cent., were retained at home.
Enteric Fever.—Of the 97 cases of this disease, 73, or 75.2 per cent.,
were taken to hospitals, while 24.8 remained at home.
Erysipelas.—Of the 235 cases known, 57, or 24.3 per cent., were
removed to hospital, while 178 stayed in their homes.
Puerperal Fever.—Out of the 17 cases of this disease, 3, or 17.7 per
cent. were treated in a public institution.