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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 1896

Forty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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Table: TABLE I. (Local Government Board Return.) Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Islington; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

TABLE I. (Local Government Board Return.) Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Islington; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Sub-Districts.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Agedunder 5or over 5.New Casks of Sickness in each Locality, coming tothe knowledgk of the mkdical officer of health.i\ um jjku of such Casks Removed from theik Homks inthe several localities for treatment in isolationHospitals.
Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1896.1234567891011121312345678910111213
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Chblera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
TyphusEnteric orTyphoid.ContinuedKelapsing.Puerperal.Enteric orTyphoid.ContinuedRelapsing.Puerperal.
Upper Holloway90,23598,6822,929Under 581441526...51.........5......87477......2............1......
5 upwds284682,38......502...6...111......2227186......15............10......
Islington, South West105,557107,4573,390Under...1421476...81.........6.........8471......5............1......
5 upwds33752512...831...12...100......3245983...46......1...13......
Islington, South East64,15866,6711,893Under 5...156645...1............8.........11325..............................
upwds...38579......34......6...67.........23127......14............7......
Highbury59,19364,8511,709Under 5184444...7............8......1448......3............1......
5 upwas10273891...381...4...57......1015622......15............5......
Public Institutions.........Under 5.............................................................................
5 upwds...42......3......223.........42......1............7......
Totals319,143337,6619,921Under 5952640721...212.........271,0139315181......10............3518
5 upwds411,5056593...2084...30...3582,80835907235391...1421,314