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Islington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1910] 04
Table XXXVII.
| Years. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 64 | 75 | 15 | 5 | 159 |
| 1901 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 100 | 151 |
| 1902 | 53 | 29 | 12 | 20 | 114 |
| 1903 | 35 | 64 | 17 | 4 | 120 |
| 1904 | 20 | 75 | 56 | 30 | 181 |
| 1905 | 26 | 17 | 20 | 60 | 123 |
| 1906 | 75 | 11 | 8 | 187 | |
| 1907 | 4 | 56 | 44 | 26 | 130 |
| 1908 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 40 | 78 |
| 1909 | 89 | 94 | 10 | 4 | 197 |
| Corrected average number of deaths | 40 | 50 | 22 | 30 | 142 |
| 1910. | 1 | 8 | 21 | 136 | 166 |
| Increase or Decrease | -39 | -42 | -1 | + 106 | + 24 |
SCARLET FEVER.
As already stated, the deaths from Scarlet Fever at all ages numbered
only 11, of which 7 were those of children under five years old and 4 between
6 and 15. Thus all the deaths occurred among children.
The return is the lowest of which there is any record available; at all
events since 1856. Indeed no other return has been nearly so low.
In the last annual report the behaviour of this disease in Islington was
discussed so that it will not be necessary to do so now. It is very satisfactory
to find that there has been a steady diminution in the number of deaths from
it even when compared with years long passed by when the population was