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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

Table: are 38 less than the return for the preceding year. The diseases to which this decrease is owing, will be seen in the following statement:—

are 38 less than the return for the preceding year. The diseases to which this decrease is owing, will be seen in the following statement:—

1896.1897.Increase orDecrease.
Rheumatic Fever1720+ 3
Rheumatism124— 8
Gout159— 6
Rickets1217+ 5
Cancer291304+ 13
Gangrene1411-3
Tabes Mesenterica8171- 10
Tubercular Meningitis10382- 21
Phthisis530520- 10
Other Tubercular and Scrofulous Diseases1616...
Purpura...2+ 2
Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia912+ 3
Diabetes1913- 6
Other Diseases33...
Total1,1221,084- 38

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CANCER.
To it were ascribed 304 deaths, being an increase of 13 above the
figures recorded in 1896. The death-rate was 0.89 per 1,000.

Table: During the preceding six years the deaths and death-rates were as follows:—

During the preceding six years the deaths and death-rates were as follows:—

Males.Females.Totals.Death-rates.
189174144218= 0.68per 1,000 inhabitants.
189270149219= 0.68,, ,,
189382156238= 0.73,, ,,
189478161239= 0.72,, ,,
189596170266= 0.79,, ,,
1896104187291= 0.86,, ,,
1897112192304= 0.89,, ,,