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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: Table LXIII. Showing the Sickness-rates in each Quarter for the several Sub-Districts.

Table LXIII. Showing the Sickness-rates in each Quarter for the several Sub-Districts.

Sub-Districts.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Whole Year.
Upper Holloway0·920·830·621·751·03
Islington, South West0·300·450·710·820·57
Islington, South East0·610·241·410·920·80
Higbury0·460·780·851·710·95
The Parish0·570·580·851·280·82

Table: Table LXIV. Showing the fatality from Enteric Fever for each Quarter in the several Sub-Districts. (Death per-centage of Sickness recorded.)

Table LXIV. Showing the fatality from Enteric Fever for each Quarter in the several Sub-Districts. (Death per-centage of Sickness recorded.)

Sub-Districts.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Whole Year.
Upper Holloway18·125·013·314·217·1
Islington, South West37·516·6l5·727·222·9
Islington, South East20·0• •17·313·316·3
Highbury••8·330·615·315·5
The Parish19·116·018·517·117·7

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Puerperal Fever.
There were 41 cases known, of which 22 were notified in the
fourth quarter. The largest number reported occurred in Islington
South West, when the sickness was 0·50 per 100 births.