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Islington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1914
SEPTIC DISEASES.
These include Erysipelas, Pyaemia, Septicaemia, and Puerperal Septic
Infections, which, taken together, caused 75 deaths, a return which is 33 above
that for 1913, and is also 32 above that for 1912, while it is 28 above the
average mortality of the 10 years 1904-1913.
Erysipelas—From this disease 20 deaths occurred, which is 9 above the
return of 1913, and 8 above the average of the preceding ten years, yet, strange
to say, no death was registered in the large sub-districts of Tufnell and Upper
Holloway.
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | ... | ... per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Upper Holloway | ... „ „ | |
| Tollington | ||
| Lower Holloway | 4 | 0.10 „ „ |
| Highbury | 7 | |
| Barnsbury | 5 | |
| Islington, South-East | ||
Puerperal Septic Diseases. —These are the result of septic conditions
at child-birth, as the name implies, and caused 12 deaths, which
is the highest return since 1904, when 14 were recorded; it is also five above
the average of the preceding 10 years. Five deaths were registered in the
first quarter, and 7 in the second; but none in either the third or fourth
quarters. The death-rate per 1,000 of the births was 1.47.
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