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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 1898

Forty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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1898

Table: Table LXXXV. Showing the Number of Cases of the several Infectious Diseases notified during each year since 1891, together with the mean number for the seven years 1891-7, and in 1898. (Duplicate certificates excluded.)

Table LXXXV. Showing the Number of Cases of the several Infectious Diseases notified during each year since 1891, together with the mean number for the seven years 1891-7, and in 1898. (Duplicate certificates excluded.)

Year.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Enteric (Typhoid Fever).Typhus Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Cholera.Total.Cases notified per 1,000 of Population.
1234567891011121314
18911728712441891343364142,0636.4
1892421,71069543219••550516..4*3,32010.3
18931182,880855302511672387..14,85314.8
1894901,493843242451395239....3,1239.4
1895251,6925641818453192292..2,8408.5
1896502,0311,06724229..385306....3,82211.15
189731,57770029256..312271..12,9068.51
Corrected Mean, 1891-7491,806811312351444336113,4189.90
1898..1,336531132372279191....2,4187.01
Increase or Decrease on Mean-49-470-280-18+2+1-165-14-5-1-1-1,000-2.89

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* 3 of these were Asiatic cholera.