Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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DISEASES. | YEARS. | Average number of cases, 1915-24 | 1925 | Increase or Decrease | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | |||||
Small Pox | Cases | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rate | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Diphtheria | Cases | 620 | 587 | 556 | 514 | 645 | 1324 | 1548 | 1126 | 889 | 854 | 866 | 911 | + 45 |
Rate | 1.96 | 1.90 | 1.87 | 1.80 | 1.96 | 3.94 | 4.65 | 3.37 | 2.64 | 2.48 | 2.70 | 2.69 | — 0.01 | |
Membranous Croup | Cases | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -2 |
Rate | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — 0.01 | |
Scarlet Fever | Cases | 1332 | 838 | 478 | 432 | 1084 | 1307 | 2622 | 1496 | 1080 | 1077 | 1155 | 1139 | — 16 |
Rate | 4.21 | 2.06 | 1.61 | 1.51 | 3.29 | 3.89 | 7.87 | 4.48 | 3.21 | 3.13 | 3.60 | 3.36 | — 0.24 | |
Enteric Fever | Cases | 28 | 32 | 23 | 30 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 10 | — 10 |
Rate | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.03 | |
Continued Fever | Cases | — | — | — | __ | 1 | _ | - | _ | - | 3 | - | — | — |
Rate | — | — | — | — | 0.00 | — | — | — | - | 0.01 | — | — | — | |
Puerperal Fever* | Cases | 23 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 29 | 29 | 34 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 23 | + 1 |
Rate | 3.48 | 2.89 | 2.74 | 0.77 | 0.46 | 3.08 | 4.31 | 2.68 | 3.10 | 2.80 | 3.11 | 3.50 | + 0.39 | |
Erysipelas | Cases | 203 | 155 | 173 | 141 | 212 | 165 | 125 | 132 | 87 | 116 | 151 | 109 | — 42 |
Rate | 0.64 | 0.50 | 0.58 | 0.49 | 0.64 | 0.49 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.47 | 0.32 | — 0.15 | |
Total | Cases | 2210 | 1439 | 1251 | 1127 | 1993 | 2853 | 4344 | 2787 | 2096 | 2085 | 2218 | 2194 | — 14 |
Rate | 6.98 | 4.65 | 4.21 | 3.93 | 6.05 | 8.49 | 13.05 | 8.34 | 6.23 | 6.06 | 6.91 | 6.47 | — 0.44 |
* Per 1,000 Registered Births.
Sub-Registration Districts. | Wards. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric Typhoid; Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tyfnell | Tufnell | — | 73 | 67 | — | 1 | — | 18 | 2 | — | — | — | 161 | |
Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | — | 126 | 115 | — | 1 | — | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | 259 | |
Tollington | Tollington | — | 138 | 90 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 235 | |
Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | — | 99 | 116 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | 229 | |
Highbury | Highbury | — | 165 | 74 | — | 4 | — | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | 258 | |
Mildmay | — | 71 | 38 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 115 | ||
Barnsbury | Thornhill | — | 87 | 107 | — | 1 | — | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | 209 | |
Barnsbury | — | 95 | 63 | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 169 | ||
Islington, S.E. | St. Mary's | — | 62 | 70 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 136 | |
Canonburv | — | 103 | 78 | 1 | 2 | — | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | 196 | ||
St. Peter's | — | 120 | 93 | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | 227 | ||
Totals | — | 1139 | 911 | 2 | 10 | — | 109 | 23 | — | — | — | 2194 | ||
Attack-Rates per 1,000 population | — | 3.36 | 2.69 | 0.00 | 0.03 | — | 0.32 | 0.07 | — | — | — | 6.47 |
OTHER NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
The diseases which are notifiable in Islington include those which have since
been added by Order, and the complete list is as follows: Small Pox, Cholera,
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Erysipelas, the diseases known as Scarlatina or
Scarlet Fever, the fevers known by any of the following names: Typhus, Typhoid,
Enteric, Relapsing, Continued or Puerperal, and also the following infectious
diseases: Anthrax, Acute Encephalitis Lethargica, Acute Polio-Encephalitis, Acute