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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1907]
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN—TABLE III.
Table K.
Cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health
during the year 1907.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each locality. | |||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Tufnell. | Upper holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Hollo way. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | South-East | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | South-East | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 481 | 11 | 170 | 231 | 41 | 28 | .. | 35 | 65 | 41 | 55 | 77 | 94 | 114 | 29 | 56 | 32 | 51 | 59 | 85 | 92 | 404 |
Erysipelas | 252 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 19 | 162 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 35 | 39 | 55 | 56 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 48 |
Scarlet Fever | 1216 | 6 | 337 | 711 | 114 | 48 | .. | 120 | 78 | 91 | 164 | 246 | 202 | 315 | 99 | 69 | 80 | 158 | 221 | 192 | 293 | 1,112 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 92 | .. | 7 | 17 | 21 | 45 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 77 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 21 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 12 | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 3 | 12 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Totals | 2074 | 30 | 524 | 989 | 207 | 296 | 28 | 193 | 178 | 166 | 273 | 387 | 369 | 508 | 145 | 141 | 133 | 228 | 302 | 296 | 415 | 1,660 |
* The figures for 1891-2-3 are inclusive of Tufnell and Tollington Wards,
† The figures for 1891-2 are inclusive of Highbury.
Table M.
Showing the Gases of Scarlet Fever that occurred in the several
Wards front 1891 to 1907.
Year.
TufnelL
*Upper
Holloway.
Tollington.
Lower
Holloway.
Highbury.
Mildmay.
Thornhill.
Bamsbury.
St. Mary's.
Canonbury.
St.Peter's.
Totals.
1891
…
229
…
108
…
99
55
59
27
46
105
728
1892
...
435
…
225
...
3J3
148
100
94
194
200
1709
1893
…
790
...
368
...
633
355
209
136
201
187
2880
1894
176
235
114
196
152
67
165
116
91
90
91
1493
1895
142
166
220
214
168
117
182
89
108
112
174
1692
1896
l8l
244
191
169
230
127
150
149
104
191
295
2031
1897
144
153
193
187
137
126
155
91
76
113
202
1577
1898
159
151
152
182
151
102
114
38
58
107
122
1336
1899
100
172
183
178
176
118
117
102
79
98
171
1494
1900
78
85
I02
138
152
90
85
66
51
I07
120
1074
1901
97
109
129
172
178
83
137
86
61
93
141
1286
1902
140
147
160
187
121
88
187
67
45
94
136
1372
1903
76
78
113
129
I30
70
88
42
28
36
75
865
1904
72
76
222
135
127
65
147
84
45
103
70
1146
1905
100
142
112
I30
114
42
96
71
97
119
175
1198
1906
139
135
67
204
133
68
121
70
97
155
197
1386
1907
120
78
91
164
125
112
110
92
49
105
170
1216
* The figures for 1891-2-3 are inclusive of Tufnell and Tollington Wards,
† The figures for 1891-2-3 are inclusive of Highbury.