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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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1897] 40
DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
There were 622 deaths, equal to a death-rate of 1.82 per 1,000, which
is the lowest rate known in the district for many years, or, at least, of
which there exists any reliable record.
After making allowance for the great increase of the population
these deaths are 170 below the average of the twelve years 1885—96.
This is particularly gratifying, as it shows that the labour of the
Vestry in its crusade against the Zymotic Diseases has not been in
vain.

Table: Table XXV. Showing the Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases for the Twelve years 1885-96 and in 1897.

Table XXV. Showing the Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases for the Twelve years 1885-96 and in 1897.

Years.Deaths.Death-rates.Years.Deaths.Death-rates.
18851,0993.6918927762.40
18867602.5218938712.66
18871,0363.3918947962.39
18887142.3118956391.91
18961,0262.98
18896041.93Corrected mean number of deaths—1885-968922.80
18907712.44
18918792.7518976221.82

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How good this return is can only be properly judged when comparison
is made with other places. The following statement has therefore
been prepared:—