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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 XXXVIII. Showing the Death-rates of the Sub-districts from Diphtheria foreach Quarter.

Table XXXVIII. Showing the Death-rates of the Sub-districts from Diphtheria foreach Quarter.

Sub-Districts.lst Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Whole Year.
Upper Holloway1.130.890.600.790.85
Islington, South West0.410.961.150.890.86
Islington, South East0.420.720.420.550.53
Highbury0.550.430.370.460.45
The Parish0.660.790.690.710.71

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WHOOPING COUGH.
Whooping cough was more than usually fatal, causing no less than
234 deaths, as against a corrected average annual number of 196. The
death-rate for the year was equal to 0.68 per 1,000 inhabitants.

Table: In each of the preceding eleven years, the number of deaths registered was as follows :—

In each of the preceding eleven years, the number of deaths registered was as follows :—

1885210 deaths1891255 deaths
1886214 „1892161 „
1887240 „1893181 „
1888231 „1894188 „
188986 „189581 ,,
1890204 „1896234 „

Table: Table XXXIX. Showing the Deaths from Whooping Cough in the Sub-districts for each Quarter.

Table XXXIX. Showing the Deaths from Whooping Cough in the Sub-districts for each Quarter.

Sub-Districts.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quartet.4thQuarter.Whole Year.
Upper Holloway273618687
Islington, South West202713666
Islington, South East24175349
Highbury5168332
The Parish76964418234