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Islington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1911
Erysipelas.—Twelve deaths were attributed to it, of which 8 occurred in
public institutions. Further particulars respecting it are seen in the two
subjoined tabular statements, the first of which gives the number of deaths
in each year from 1897 to 1911; while the second shows the deaths in the sub
districts during 1911:—
1897 11
1898 8
1899 16
1900 17
1901 15
1902 13
1903 9
1904 23
1905 12
1906 16
1907 13
1908 14
1909 12
1910 9
Average 13
1911 12
Table LXXII.
Deaths from Erysipelas in the Sub-Districts during the Year 1911.
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | 2 | 0.06 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Upper Holloway | 1 | 0.03 ,, ,, |
| Tollington | 1 | 0.03 ,, ,, |
| Lower Holloway | 1 | 0.02 ,, ., |
| Highbury | 2 | 0.03 ,, ,, |
| Barnsbury | 4 | 0.07 ,, ,, |
| Islington, South-East | 1 | 0.01 ,, ,, |
| The Borough | 12 | 0.03 ,, ,, |
Puerperal Septic Diseases.—These include Puerperal Pyaemia,
Septicaemia, Sapraemia, Septic Intoxication, and Puerperal Fever (so-called),
which is frequently used as a generic name for the others. Collectively they
caused 7 deaths, or 2 under average of the preceding ten years; and they were
in the proportion of 0.87 to every thousand births.