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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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1900] 82

The cases of this disease notified in previous years have been as follows:-

189144 cases189813 cases
189243 „189917 „
189330 „Corrected mean29 „
189424 „
189518 „
189624 „19009 „
189729 „

Table LXVI. Showing the Cases of Membranous Croup in the Sub-Districts for each Quarter and for the Year.

Sub-Districts.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Whole Year.
Upper Holloway......22
Lower Holloway......11
Highbury....1..1
Barnsbury..1113
Islington, South East..11..2
The Parish..2349

Table LXVII. Showing theCase-ratesfromMembranous Croup of the Sub-Districts for each Quarter and for the Year.

Sub-Districts.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th QuarterWhole Year.
Upper Holloway......0·070·01
Lower Holloway......0·090·02
Highbury....0·06..0·01
Barnsbury..0·070·070·070·05
Islington, South East..0·050·05..0·02
The Parish..0·020·030·050·03

The fatality from this disease has been combined with Diphtheria, with which
it is really identical.