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Islington 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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27 [1925
PREVENTION OF INFECTION.
Notification, Isolation, Fatality, of Specified Diseases under the
Provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
The Principal Diseases Include :
Small Pox, Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, Enteric Fever, Typhus Fever,
Puerperal Fever and Erysipelas.
There were 2,194 cases of these diseases which are notifiable under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891. This number does not include other communicable
ailments which are now notifiable. The complete list of infectious diseases which
are notifiable in Islington are enumerated on page 30.
The total cases notified are 109 more than those of the previous year (2,085)
and 24 below the average (2,218) of the preceding ten years. There was an
increase when contrasted with the decennial averages in the return from
Diphtheria, which shows 45 cases in excess, and 1 in the return from Puerperal
Fever, while the other diseases all exhibit a decrease, Scarlet Fever accounting for
16 cases, Erysipelas 42 cases, and Enteric Fever 10 cases.
The 2,194 cases were equal to an attack-rate of 6.5 per 1,000 of the civil
population.
The returns for the preceding ten years are given in the following statement
| Year. | Cases. | Attack-rates per 1,000 civil population. |
|---|---|---|
| 3 2,218 | ||
| 161 | |
Small Pox.—No case was notified in the Borough during the year. The
average number of cases during the preceding ten years was only 0.4.
Diphtheria was responsible for 913 cases of illness, which were 43 above
the average (870) of the preceding ten years. The attack-rate was equal to 2.69
per 1,000 of the civil population annually, and was 0.02 below the mean rate (2.71)
of the decennial period.