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Islington 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington]
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1934] 38
| Sub-Registration Districts. | Wards. | Small pox. | Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric (Typhoid) Fever. | Typhus Fever. | 1 Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | Tufnell | - | 116 | 80 | _ | 1 | - | 20 | 6 | - | - | - | 223 |
| Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | 4 | 99 | 56 | - | 1 | - | 25 | 8 | — | - | - | 193 |
| Tollington | Tollington | 3 | 115 | 84 | - | - | - | 21 | 4 | — | - | - | 227 |
| Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | 41 | 139 | 87 | - | 1 | - | 20 | 3 | — | - | - | 291 |
| Highbury . | Highbury | 11 | 62 | 48 | 1 | — | - | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | 141 |
| Mildmay | 1 | 87 | 60 | - | 2 | - | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | 159 | |
| Barnsbury | Thornbill | — | 126 | 107 | 3 | — | - | 25 | 7 | — | - | - | 268 |
| Barnsbury | 2 | 105 | 78 | — | — | - | 12 | 5 | — | - | - | 202 | |
| Islington, S.E. | St. Mary's | 2 | 72 | 63 | — | — | - | 17 | 4 | — | - | - | 158 |
| Canonbury | 1 | 91 | 83 | _ | 1 | — | 16 | 2 | — | - | — | 194 | |
| St. Peter's | 5 | 77 | 65 | — | — | - | 20 | 4 | — | — | - | 171 | |
| Totals | 70 | 1,089 | 811 | 4 | 6 | — | 193 | 54 | — | — | — | 2,227 | |
| Attack-Rates per 1,000 population | 0.22 | 3.47 | 2.58 | 0.01 | 0.02 | — | 0.61 | 0.17 | - | - | — | 7.08 |
other notifiable: diseases.
The diseases which are notifiable in Islington include those which have si/ice
been added by Order, and the complete list is as follows :—Small Pox, Cholera,
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Erysipelas, the disease 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 Poliomyelitis, Acute Encephalitis Lethargica, Acute
Polio-Encephalitis, Acute Primary Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal-Pneumonia,
Cerebro-spinal fever or Epidemic Cerebro-spinal Meningitis, Dysentery, Glanders
or Farcy, Hydrophobia or Rabies, Malaria, Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Plague,
Tuberculosis, Puerperal Pyrexia, and Chicken-pox (except in the vaccinated under
10 years of age).
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Four cases were notified from this disease during the year, as contrasted with eight in 1933, and four in 1932.
| 1934 | 1933 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1st Quarter | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| 2nd „ | 1 | ,, | 3 | ,, |
| 3rd ,, | 2 | ,, | 3 | ,, |
| 4th „ | 1 | 2 | ,, | |
| 4 | Nil | 8 | Nil | |
Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
Eleven cases came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health as
against 12 in 1933. During the ten years 1924-33 the cases averaged 11 per
annum.