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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 1893
Thirty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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Table XXXIV.
| Sub-Districts. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Holloway | 0.33 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 1.17 | 0.56 |
| Islington, South West | 0.60 | 0.45 | 0.97 | 1.52 | 0.63 |
| Islington, South East | 0.30 | 0.67 | 1.04 | 0.92 | 0.73 |
| Highbury | 0.19 | 0.46 | 0.19 | 0.39 | 0.31 |
| The Parish | 0.39 | 0.51 | 0.63 | 0.76 | 0.57 |
A study of these rates must convince the sceptical that sanitary
conditions have a great deal to do with this disease, for it was in those
districts in which house drains are worst, and in which overcrowding is
greatest, that the disease was most fatal.
The two following tables give the deaths and death-rates from
Membranous Croup, a disease which frequently conceals Diphtheria
under this term.
Table XXXV.
| Sub-Districts. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Holloway | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
| Islington, South West | •• | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Islington, South East | • • | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Highbury | .. | 1 | •• | .. | 1 |
| The Parish | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 |