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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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[1900

Table: Table XLIV. Showing the Death-rates from Enteric Fever of the Sub-District* for each Quarter.

Table XLIV. Showing the Death-rates from Enteric Fever of the Sub-District* for each Quarter.

Sub-Districts.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Whole Year.
Upper Holloway0.230.150.110.230.18
Lower Holloway0.090.38..0.190.16
Highbury0.060.110.290.060.13
Barnsbury..0.070.070.210.09
Islington, South East0.05..0.100.260.10
The Borough0.100.120.120.190.14

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SIMPLE CONTINUED FEVER.
Two deaths were registered, but these have been included in the returns for
Enteric Fever.
DIARRHOEA.
The registers showed that 180 deaths, or 12 less than the uncorrected average,
occurred during the year, of which 139 were entered in the third quarter. In the
first quarter only 4 deaths were known ; in the second 8; and the fourth 29.

Table: The 180 deaths represent a death-rate of 0.51 per 1,000.

The 180 deaths represent a death-rate of 0.51 per 1,000.

Years.Deaths.Years.Deaths.
18901801898283
18911591899258
1892189
1893237Average192
189495
18951891900180
1896153
1897174Decrease12

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The deaths in the third quarter were dealt with in the report for that quarter,
so it will not be necessary to discuss them again.