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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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[1896
CANCER.
To Cancer were ascribed 291 deaths, representing a death-rate of
0.84 per 1,000.
The following Table shows the districts and season of the year to
which they were referred :—

Table: Table L.

Table L.

Quarters.Upper Holloway.Islington South-west.Islington South-east.Highbury.The Parish.
1st1416101858
2nd1929161276
3rd2622141577
4th2219182180
The Year81865866291

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Of these 291 persons, 187 or 64 per cent. were women. The ages
of all persons were as follows:—
Ages. Deaths.
0-25 6
25—35 13
35—4530
45—55 86
55—65 68
65—75 63
Ages. Deaths.
75—85 21
85—95 4
95 and upwards —
All ages 291
THE NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The number of infectious diseases notified during the year was
3,882, which represent a sickness rate of 11.15 per 1,000 inhabitants, as