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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 LXXVIII. Showing the sickness rates from Puerperal Fever per 1,000registered, Births in the Sub-districts for each Quarter.

Table LXXVIII. Showing the sickness rates from Puerperal Fever per 1,000registered, Births in the Sub-districts for each Quarter.

Sub-Districts.1st Quarter.2ndQuarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Whole Year.
Upper Holloway8.152.822.634.304.47
Islington, South West3.371.812 .553.522.74
Islington, South East1.92......0.50
Highbury2.362.272 .492.552.41
The Parish4.281-672052.872.74

Table: Table LXX1X. Showing the fatality from Puerperal Fever. (Deaths to 100 cases of Sickness).

Table LXX1X. Showing the fatality from Puerperal Fever. (Deaths to 100 cases of Sickness).

Sub-Districts.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Whole Year.
Upper Holloway16.7..50.0..15.4
Islington, South West33.3100.0..100.065.5
Islington, South East100.0....100.0100.0
Highbury••....100.025.0
The Parish27.325.020.062.535.7

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CONTINUED FEVER.
Only 1 case of this fever was notified, as against an average of 7 in
the preceding 6 years.
RELAPSING FEVER.
No case was known.
CHOLERA.
1 case of English Cholera was notified.