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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
More gratifying still is the fact that the reduction occurred under
the heading of every disease, except Enteric Fever, which showed a
slight increase, partly due to the outbreak at the Workhouse Schools.
The total cases of the notifiable diseases numbered 2,906, which
is 566 less than the corrected average of the preceding six years, and
as many as 976 below the number notified in 1896.
The case-rate was 8.51 per 1,000 inhabitants, as against an average
rate of 10.09 experienced in the years 1891-6, and 11.15 in the year
immediately preceding.
The returns for past years are as follows:—
| Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 2,063 | 6.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| 1892 | 3,320 | 10.3 |
| 1893 | 4,853 | 14.8 |
| 1894 | 3,123 | 9.4 |
| 1895 | 2,840 | 8.5 |
| 1896 | 3,882 | 11.15 |
| Corrected mean | 3,472 | 10.09 |
| 1897 | 2,806 | 8.51 |
In London the case-rate was 10.20, and in the Encircling Districts
10.4 per 1,000 of the population.
The cases and case-rates referred to the several sub-registration districts were as follows :—
| Cases. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Holloway | 983 | = 9.8 | per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
| South-west Islington | 855 | = 7.9 | ||
| South-east „ | 589 | = 8.8 | ||
| Highbury | 479 | = 7.3 | ||
| Total | 2,906 | = 8.5 | ||
In each district the cases reported were less than in the preceding
year. Thus they fell in Upper Holloway from 1,256 to 983; in South-