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Islington 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1907] 132
T able XCIV.
| DISEASES. | YEARS. | Mean Attack Rates. | Attack Rate. | Increase or Decrease | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1897.06. | 1907. | ||
| Small Pox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.80 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.11 | ... | —0.11 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4.68 | 3.97 | 4.44 | 3.20 | 3.84 | 3.99 | 2.55 | 3.36 | 3.49 | 4.02 | 3.76 | 8.50 | —0.26 |
| Diphtheria | 2.08 | 1.58 | 2.05 | 1.86 | 2.69 | 2.53 | 1.33 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.27 | 1.74 | 1.39 | 0.35 |
| Membranous Croup | 2.09 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | ... | ... | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | —0.03 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.76 | 0.70 | 1.05 | 0.77 | 0.84 | 0.75 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0.64 | 0.26 | —0.38 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | 0.00 | ... | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ... | 0.00 | 0.00 | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 0.93 | 0.83 | 1.04 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 1.04 | 0.67 | 0.82 | 074 | 0.80 | 0.86 | 0.78 | —0.13 |
| Puerperal Fever | 274 | 2.86 | 3.42 | 1.73 | 3.67 | 2.06 | 2.11 | 2.70 | 274 | 279 | 2.55 | 2.46 | —0.09 |
| Continued Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ... | ... | 0.00 | ... | ... | ... |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Cholera | 0.00 | ... | 0.00 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Totals | 8.62 | 7.18 | 8'75 | 6.78 | 8.50 | 9.20 | 5'°3 | 5.69 | 5.62 | 6.59 | 7.21 | 5.94 | —1.27 |