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Islington 1897

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

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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 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Islington; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Sub-Districts.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming tothe knowledge of the medical officer of health.Number of such Oases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospitals.
Last Census 1896.Estimated to middle of 1897.1234567891011121312345678910111213
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria,Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedCholera. Erysipelas.
Upper Holloway98,682100,3512,904Under 51130101718784311
5 upwds13341621801280119783481
Islington, South West107,467107,8323,289Under 5162811-1112542
5 upwds310125578918022559339215
Islington, South East...66,67167,1671,992Under 511849-1686261
5 upwds1233752321163119136254
Highbury.........64,85165,9691,657Under 5873742248102
5 upwas...17666249449119261263
Public Institution*Under 5
5 upwds2741312321210116
Totals......337,661341,3199,842Under 514972681941732413334......
5 upwds21,080432102521271295275320641483I39j «.