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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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The returns since 1891 were as follows:—
| 1891 | 183 deaths | = 0.57 per 1,000 |
| 1892 | 175 „ | = 0.53 „ |
| 1893 | 123 „ | = 0.37 |
| 1894 | 51 „ | = 0.15 „ |
| 1895 | 176 „ | = 0.52 „ |
| 1896 | 33 „ | = 0.09„ |
The present return is the lowest since 1891. The greatest number
of deaths occurred in the first quarter of the year, when 13 persons
died; in the second 5, in the third 6, and in the fourth quarter 9.
ERYSIPELAS.
Fourteen persons died from Erysipelas, as against 16 in the
preceding quarter and 15 in 1894.
The death-rate was 0.04 per 1,000 inhabitants.
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. In this class 1,122 deaths occurred. Of these the greater number arose from the following diseases:-
| 1895. | 1896. | Increase orDecrease. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | |||
| Rheumatic Fever | 9 | 17 | + | 8 |
| Rheumatism | 12 | 12 | • • • | ... |
| Gout | 9 | 15 | + | 6 |
| Rickets | 17 | 12 | — | 5 |
| Cancer | 266 | 291 | + | 25 |
| Gangrene | 9 | 14 | + | 5 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 80 | 81 | + | 1 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 108 | 103 | — | 5 |
| Phthisis | 568 | 530 | — | 38 |
| Other Tubercular and Scrofulous Diseases | 7 | 16 | + | 9 |
| Purpura | 2 | ... | — | 2 |
| Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia | 10 | 9 | - | 1 |
| Diabetes | 16 | 19 | + | 3 |
| Other Diseases | 1 | 3 | + | 2 |
| Total | 1114 | 1,122 | + | 8 |