Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington.

  • Islington (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1922
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Credit: Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1921] 20 Summary of Infectious Sickness and of Deaths arising therefrom, distinguishing the Cases treated at Home and in Hospitals; and showing the percentages of notified Cases removed to Hospitals, together with the Fatality among cases treated at Home and in Hospitals during the year 1921. Notified Cases Treated. Percentages of Notified Cases Treated. Deaths Occurring. Percentage of Deaths Occurring. In Hospital At Home Total In Hospital At Home In Hospital At Home Total In Hospital At Home Total Small Pox - - - - - - - - - - - Scarlet Fever 2,512 110 2,622 95.8 4.2 17 2 19 0.7 1.8 0.7 Diph theria 1,532 21 1,553 98.6 1.4 103 6 109 6.7 28.6 7.0 Enteric (Typhoid Fever) 8 2 10 80.0 20.0 1 - 1 12.5 - 11.1 Typhus Fever - - - - - - - - - - - Erysipelas 44 81 125 35.2 64.8 2 3 5 4.5 3.7 4.0 Puerperal Fever 21 13 34 61.8 38.2 11 1 12 52.4 8.0 35.3 Continued Fever - - - - - - - - - - - Relapsing Fever - - - - - - - - - - - Cholera - - - - - - - - - - - Total 4,117 227 4,344 94.8 5.2 134 12 146 3.2 5.3 3.3 Showing the number of Cases and Attack-Rates of the several Notifiable Infectious Diseases which occurred during each of the Ten Years 1911-20 and in 1921. DISEASES. YEARS. Average number of cases, 1911-20 1921 Increase or Decrease 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 Small Pox Cases - - - - - - - 2 2 - - - - Rate — — — — — - - 0.00 0.00 - - - - Scarlet Fever Case 804 811 1317 1853 1332 638 478 432 1084 1307 1006 2622 + 1616 Rate 2.46 2.49 3.97 5.71 4.21 2.06 1.61 1.51 3.29 3.89 3.17 7.87 + 4.70 Diphtheria Cases 590 512 546 651 620 587 556 514 645 1324 655 1548 + 893 Rate 1.80 1.57 1.65 2.01 1.96 1.90 1.87 1.80 1.96 3.94 2.07 4.65 + 2.58 Membranous Croup Cases 3 4 4 8 4 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 - Rate 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 - Enteric Fever Cases 73 49 50 76 28 32 23 30 16 24 40 10 - 30 Rate 0.22 0.15 0.15 0.23 0.09 0.10 0.08 0.10 0.05 0.07 0.12 0.03 - 0.09 Typhus Fever Cases - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rate — — — — — — — - — - - - - Erysipelas Cases 275 185 226 334 203 155 173 141 212 165 207 125 - 82 Rate 0.84 0.57 0.68 1.03 0.64 0.50 0.58 0.49 0.64 0.49 0.65 0.38 - 0.27 Puerperal Fever* Cases 14 16 28 25 23 21 16 4 29 29 20 34 + 14 Rate 1.76 1.95 3.41 3.10 3.48 2.89 2.74 0.77 0.46 3.08 2.72 4.31 + 1.59 Continued Cases — — — — — — — — 1 — — - - Rate - - - - - - - - 0.00 - - - - Totals Cases 1759 1577 2171 2947 2210 1439 1251 1127 1993 2853 1933 4344 + 2411 Rate 5.37 4.83 6.54 9.08 6.98 4.65 4.21 3.93 6.05 8.49 6.09 13.05 + 6.96 *Per 1,000 Registered Births.