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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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77 [1900
The notifications in the several Wards and the resulting case-rates are shown below:-
| Cases. | Case-rates. | |
|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | 190 | 5·49 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Upper Holloway | 233 | 6·02 „ „ |
| Tollington | 216 | 6·72 „ „ |
| Lower Holloway | 263 | 6·18 ,, ,, |
| West Highbury | 253 | 6·48 „ „ |
| East Highbury | 207 | 6·82 „ „ |
| Thornhill | 196 | 5·83 „ „ |
| Barnsbury | 144 | 6·11 „ „ |
| St. Mary's | 130 | 7·22 „ „ |
| Canonbury | 181 | 6·89 „ „ |
| St. Peter's | 263 | 7·82 „ „ |
| The Borough | 2,276 | 6·46 „ „ |
From this return it is seen that in Tufnell, Upper Holloway, Lower Holloway,
Thornhill and Barnsbury Wards the incidence of the diseases was below the mean
rate of the Borough; that in West Highbury it was just at the mean; and that in
the remaining five wards it was above it. St. Mary's, Canonbury and St.
Peter's Wards exhibited the highest rates. In St. Mary's this was due to the
great prevalence of Diphtheria; while in Canonbury and St. Peter's it was
accounted for by an excess of Scarlet Fever cases.
For full particulars for each ward reference should be made to tables LXXVII.
and LXXVIII., on pages 92 and 93.
SMALLPOX.
Only 2 cases were notified, and of these one from Highbury Quadrant
proved fatal, while the other, which had been sent from Goodinge Road to the
Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospital, was returned home with an intimation that
it was not Small Pox. The case-rate did not reach 0.01 per 1,000, it was really
0.005.
The notifications were 37 below the corrected average for the previous nine
years.
The returns since 1891 have been as follows:-
| 1891 | 1 case. | 1897 | 3 cases. |
| 1892 | 42 cases. | 1898 | 0 „ |
| 1893 | 118 „ | 1899 | 3 „ |
| 1894 | 90 „ | Corrected mean | 39 „ |
| 1895 | 25 „ | ||
| 1896 | 50 „ | 1900 | 2 „ |