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Islington 1900
Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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In the four quarters the mortality was as follows:-
| Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 Births. | |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter | 326 | 132 |
| Second ,, | 291 | 127 |
| Third „ | 419 | 175 |
| Fourth „ | 308 | 147 |
The great fatality in the third quarter was due to Diarrhœa, and other bowel
disorders.
THE NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The return is the most satisfactory that has been known since 1891, when,
after making allowance for the difference in the size of the population, it was
almost identical with that of the year 1900. Indeed, it is quite possible that there
were proportionately fewer infectious diseases in the past year than in 1891, because
in this period notification was only in its infancy, and medical practitioners were
not so careful in complying with the law. In 1891, the case-rate per 1,000 of the
population was 6.43 per 1,000 of the estimated population, whereas in 1900 it was
6.46.
From 1891, however, until the present date, no case-rate has been recorded
which is so low as the present one, the nearest approach to it being that of 1898,
when it was 7.01 per 1,000.
The total number of cases of the notifiable infectious diseases reported by
medical men during 1900 was 2,276, or 1,038 below the corrected average of the
preceeding nine years; while the case-rate, 6.46 per 1,000, was 2.94 below the mean
rate, 0.40 of the same year. The present return is therefore eminently satisfactory.
The records for the ten years 1891 to 1900, inclusive, were as follows:-
| Years. | Cases. | Case-rate. |
|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 2,059 | 6·43 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| 1892 | 3,318 | 10·26 „ „ |
| 1893 | 4,853 | 14·84 „ „ |
| 1894 | 3,121 | 9·44 „ „ |
| 1895 | 2,841 | 8·50 „ „ |
| 1896 | 3,822 | 11·15 „ „ |
| 1897 | 2,906 | 8·51 „ „ |
| 1898 | 2,418 | 7·01 „ „ |
| 1899 | 2,943 | 8.44 „ „ |
| Corrected average 1891-9 | 3,314 | 9·40 „ „ |
| 1900 | 2,276 | 6·46 „ „ |
| Decrease | 1,038 | 2·94 „ „ |