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Islington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1910] 68
Table XL.
| Sub-Districts. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Whole Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tnfnell | 8 | 2 | .. | 1 | 11 |
| Upper Hollo way | 10 | 5 | 2 | .. | 17 |
| Tollington | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Lower Holloway | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Highbury | 11 | 9 | 2 | •• | 22 |
| Barnsbury | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 |
| Islington, South East | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| The Borough | 60 | 40 | 13 | 11 | 124 |
ENTERIC FEVER.
Enteric Fever was the cause of 17 deaths, or five more than in the
preceding year.
Here again the return must be considered favourable, for it is no less than
24 below the corrected average of the years 1885-1909.
The close of last year, as it completes the quinquennial period, makes it
possible to compare the deaths in the preceding quinquennia with it. From
1886 to 1890 the deaths numbered 264, or an average of 52-8 per annum; from
1891-1895. 187, or 37*4 per annum ; from 1896-1900, 219, or 43 8 per annum ;
from 1901-1905, 149, or 29-8 per annum ; and from 1906-1910, 79, or 15-8 per
annum. Thus with this disease as with the others already mentioned there
has been a steady decrease in the mortality; indeed, since the 1886-1890
quinquennium to that ending last year there has been a decrease of 70 per
cent. This is truly an amazing record and speaks volumes for the sanitary
conditions of to-day in comparison with those of former times.