Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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111 [1900
Table LXXXIX. Showing the Cases and Deaths from Diphtheria together with the Fatality and the Departure from the Mean Fatality (1891-1900), during the ten years ending 1900.
Year. | Cases. | Deaths. | Fatality. | |||||
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Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Total of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Total of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Deaths to 100cases of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Department from Average Fatality of 9 years. | |
1891 | 712 | 44 | 756 | 158 | 19 | 177 | 23·4 | + 1·4 |
1892 | 695 | 43 | 738 | 150 | 22 | 172 | 23·3 | + 1·3 |
1893 | 855 | 30 | 885 | 189 | 11 | 200 | 22·6 | + 0·6 |
1894 | 843 | 24 | 867 | 208 | 10 | 218 | 25·1 | + 3·1 |
1895 | 564 | 18 | 582 | 137 | 7 | 144 | 24·7 | + 2·7 |
1896 | 1,069 | 24 | 1,093 | 247 | 10 | 257 | 23·5 | + 1·5 |
1897 | 700 | 29 | 729 | 115 | 16 | 131 | 18·0 | -4·0 |
1898 | 531 | 13 | 544 | 90 | 3 | 93 | 17·1 | - 4·9 |
1899 | 688 | 17 | 705 | 120 | 8 | 128 | 18·1 | -3·9 |
1900 | 624 | 9 | 633 | 100 | 6 | 106 | 16·7 | -4·8 |
1891- 00 | 7,281 | 251 | 7,532 | 1,514 | 112 | 1,626 | 21.5 | - 0·7 |
Cases of Diphtheria Nursed in Hospital.
Quarter. | Cases. | Deaths. | Percentage Fatality. |
1st | 94 | 21 | 22·3 |
2nd | 101 | 21 | 20·8 |
3rd | 111 | 11 | 9·9 |
4th | 168 | 23 | 13·7 |
The Year | 474 | 76 | 16·0 |