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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
For every 100 deaths of females there were 58 deaths of males,
which is a decrease in the proportion (62) which prevailed during
the years 1891-6.

Table: Table LVI. Showing the Deaths fromCancerin the several Sub-Districts during the Quarters and the Year.

Table LVI. Showing the Deaths fromCancerin the several Sub-Districts during the Quarters and the Year.

QuartersUpper Holloway.Islington South-west.Islington South-east.Highbury.The Parish.
1st1722141366
2nd2523241789
3rd2321161070
4th272915879
The Year92956948304

Table: Of these 304 persons, 192 or 63.2 per cent, were women. The ages of all persons were as follows:—

Of these 304 persons, 192 or 63.2 per cent, were women. The ages of all persons were as follows:—

Ages.Deaths.Ages.Deaths.
0—251175—8525
25—351285—952
35—453795 and upwards—
45—5571All ages304
55—6579
65—7567

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PHTHISIS.
Five hundred and twenty deaths were attributed to Phthisis, of
which 329 were males and 191 females. This number is 63 below the
corrected mean of the preceding six years.
The death-rate was 1.52 per 1,000 inhabitants.