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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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100
1911
Average
1898-
Departure from
| Ages. i | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1910. | 1911 | average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | - 1 |
| 5-10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — 1 |
| 10-15 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 15-25 | 4 | 4 | 9 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — 2 |
| 25-35 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | — 1 |
| 35-45 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 2 | - 7 |
| 45-55 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 6 | - 4 |
| 55-65 | 15 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 3 | - 8 |
| 65-75 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 10 | - 5 |
| 75-85 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | - 4 |
| 85 and up wards | - 1 | 4 | 4 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - 2 |
| _— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 65 | 126 | 149 | 46 | 83 | 40 | 48 | 54 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 70 | 36 | 72 | 37 | - 35 | |
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Its fatality is greater in the cold than in the warm months, so that whereas,
as a subsequent Table shows, there were only 4 deaths on the average during
the ten years 1901-10 in the third quarters of the year, there were respectively
29, 13 and 13 in the first, second and fourth quarters.
The disease, which was almost entirely unknown in this country for very
many years, has, however, never been absent since the epidemic of 1890-1-2-3.
Its record in the borough, going back to 1856, is set out in quinquennial periods, is well seen in the following statement:—
| Quinquennia. | Deaths. | Average number of Deaths per annum. |
| 1856-60 | 18 | 3.6 |
| 1861-65 | 12 | 2.4 |
| 1866-70 | 10 | 2.0 |
| 1871-75 | 2 | 0.4 |
| 1876-80 | 2 | 0.4 |
| 1881-85 | 2 | 0.4 |
| 1886-90 | 40 | 8.0 |
| 1891-95 | 818 | 163.6 |
| 1896-00 | 420 | 84.0 |
| 1901-05 | 271 | 54.2 |
| 1905-10 | 329 | 65.8 |