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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: Since 1891 the deaths and death-rates have been:—

Since 1891 the deaths and death-rates have been:—

1891544 deaths1.70 per 1,000 inhabitants.
1892504 „1.56 „ „
1893559 „1.71 „ „
1894539 „1.63 „ „
1895568 „1.70 „ „
1896530 „1.57 „ „
Corrected mean583 „1.58 „ „
1897520 „1.52 „ „

Table: The deaths in the Sub-Registration Districts were :—

The deaths in the Sub-Registration Districts were :—

Upper Holloway120 deaths= 1.20 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Islington, South-west184 „= 1.71 „ „
„ South-east123 „= 1.83 „ „
Highbury93 „= 1.41 „ „
Total520 „= 1.52 „ „

Table: The following Table shows the distribution of the disease in the sub-districts and in the several quarters of the year : —

The following Table shows the distribution of the disease in the sub-districts and in the several quarters of the year : —

Quarters.Upper Holloway.Islington South-west-.IslingtonSouth-east.Highbury.The Parish.
lst35613026142
2nd26373022115
3rd22443626128
4th37622719135
The Year12018412393520
39 children under five years of age died from this disease.