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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1900
Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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91 [1900
Table LXXVI. Showing the number of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified for the Sub-registration Districts during 1900.
| Sub-Registration Districts. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric (Typhoid) Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | Totals. | Rate per 1,000 of the Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Holloway | ... | 265 | 171 | 2 | 93 | ... | 101 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 639 | 6.06 |
| Lower Holloway | 1 | 138 | 62 | 1 | 25 | ... | 30 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 263 | 6.18 |
| Highbury | 1 | 242 | 123 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 460 | 6.63 |
| Barnsbury | ... | 151 | 90 | 3 | 49 | ... | 45 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 340 | 5.94 |
| Islington, South East | ... | 278 | 178 | 2 | 42 | ... | 72 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 574 | 7.36 |
| The Parish | 2 | 1,074 | 624 | 9 | 259 | 1 | 285 | 16 | 6 | ... | ... | 2,276 | 6.46 |
(All Duplicates have been excluded).