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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 1897

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

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Table: SUMMARY OF SUMMONSES.—Year ending 1st January, 1898.

SUMMARY OF SUMMONSES.—Year ending 1st January, 1898.

Prosecutions.Successful.Dismissed.Withdrawn.
"Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-9"196159532
"Public Health (London) Act, 1891"9577810
"Margarine Act, 1887"1312—1
Totals3042481343

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Further particulars of these prosecutions will be given by the Vestry
Clerk in his Annual Report to the Vestry.
PAUPERISM.
In each of the Quarterly Returns a table was given showing the
state of pauperism in the Parish during each week of the severa
periods. The following table gives a synopsis of these returns:—

Table: Table CII. Showing the State of Pauperism in the Parish during the year 1897.

Table CII. Showing the State of Pauperism in the Parish during the year 1897.

Quarters.Average Number Relieved during each week.Death-rates.
Indoor Paupers, Adults and Children.Outdoor Paupers.Totals.Totals corresponding quarter,1896.VagrantsRelieved.Children Boardedout.
Adults.Children Under 16.
1stQrter.304023121344669567562311916.65
2nd „282322191263629862202310712.67
3rd „288121991261632762172910315.64
4th „306222691274660565462710218.26
The Year295122501285648164352510815.80

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