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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: Table LXVI. Showing the sickness rates from Diphtheria of the Sub-Districts foreach Quarter.

Table LXVI. Showing the sickness rates from Diphtheria of the Sub-Districts foreach Quarter.

Sub-Districts.1stQuarter.2ndQuarter.3rdQuarter.4thQuarter.WholeYear.
Upper Holloway3.392.432.192.592.65
Islington, South West2.711.481.521.971.92
Islington, South East1.611.732.261.791.84
Highbury2.001.401.271.681.66
The Parish2.551.801.812.042.05

Table: Table LXVII. Showing the fatality from Diphtheria. (Deaths to 100 cases of Sickness).

Table LXVII. Showing the fatality from Diphtheria. (Deaths to 100 cases of Sickness).

Sub-Districts.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Whole Year.
Upper Holloway17.616.414.524.618.4
Islington, South West21.920.017.19.417.4
Islington, South East11.16.910.513.312.5
Highbury18.24.323.819.216.5
The Parish18.313.715.517.216.4

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MEMBRANOUS CROUP.
To it were credited 29 cases, 15 of which occurred in t he third
quarter. The case-rate was 0.08 per 1,000 inhabitants.

Table: The cases of this disease notified in previous years were as follows:

The cases of this disease notified in previous years were as follows:

189144 cases189624 cases
189243 „Corrected Mean31 „
189330 „
189424 „
189518 „189729

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