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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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1897]
50
MEASLES.
To this disease were ascribed 97 deaths, of which 72 occurred in
the fourth quarter. The Measles death-rate was equal to 0.28 per 1,000
inhabitants.
These deaths were 114 below the corrected average for the twelve
years 1885-96, and were less than those registered in any one of these
years with the exception of 1886.
Indeed, were it not for events that occurred subsequent to the
close of the third quarter of the year it would have been unnecessary
to have commented on the returns of the year, which, taken as a whole,
were entirely satisfactory. But this matter will be referred to later on.

Table: Table XXXIV.Showing the deaths fromMeasles in the several quarters, 1885-96.

Table XXXIV.Showing the deaths fromMeasles in the several quarters, 1885-96.

Years.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.
1885331528821294
188693415563
1887572134322335
188827121791147
188981701511177
1890481142317202
189129633993224
189270562330179
189325523111119
189466112141199
18957365042135
189617084259288
1885-966221,0043833532,362
Average Number of deaths52843229197
189715287297

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The returns for the year show that the mortality occurred in the
sub-districts as given in the following Table:—