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Islington 1925

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

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Table: Showing the number of Cases and Attack Rates of the several Notifiable InfectiousDiseases which occurred during each of the Ten Years 1915-24 and in 1925.

Showing the number of Cases and Attack Rates of the several Notifiable InfectiousDiseases which occurred during each of the Ten Years 1915-24 and in 1925.

DISEASES.YEARS.Average number of cases, 1915-241925Increase or Decrease
1915191619171918191919201921192219231924
Small PoxCases---22--------
Rate---0.000.00--------
DiphtheriaCases620587556514645132415481126889854866911+ 45
Rate1.961.901.871.801.963.944.653.372.642.482.702.69— 0.01
Membranous CroupCases465444542242-2
Rate0.010.020.020.010.010.010.020.010.000.000.010.00— 0.01
Scarlet FeverCases133283847843210841307262214961080107711551139— 16
Rate4.212.061.611.513.293.897.874.483.213.133.603.36— 0.24
Enteric FeverCases28322330162410916142010— 10
Rate0.090.100.080.100.050.070.030.030.050.040.060.030.03
Continued FeverCases———__1_-_-3-——
Rate————0.00———-0.01———
Puerperal Fever*Cases23211642929342022192223+ 1
Rate3.482.892.740.770.463.084.312.683.102.803.113.50+ 0.39
ErysipelasCases20315517314121216512513287116151109— 42
Rate0.640.500.580.490.640.490.380.390.260.340.470.32— 0.15
TotalCases221014391251112719932853434427872096208522182194— 14
Rate6.984.654.213.936.058.4913.058.346.236.066.916.47— 0.44

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* Per 1,000 Registered Births.

Table: Showing theCases of theNotifiable Infectious Diseases notified in theSub-Registration Districts and theWards during the Year1925.

Showing theCases of theNotifiable Infectious Diseases notified in theSub-Registration Districts and theWards during the Year1925.

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.
TyfnellTufnell—7367—1—182———161
Up. HollowayUp. Holloway—126115—1—134———259
TollingtonTollington—13890———52———235
Lr. HollowayLr. Holloway—9911611—102———229
HighburyHighbury—16574—4—141———258
Mildmay—7138———42———115
BarnsburyThornhill—87107—1—113———209
Barnsbury—9563———92———169
Islington, S.E.St. Mary's—6270———4————136
Canonburv—1037812—93———196
St. Peter's—12093———122———227
Totals—1139911210—10923———2194
Attack-Rates per 1,000 population—3.362.690.000.03—0.320.07———6.47

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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