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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 LXXXIX. Summary of Infectious Sickness and the Deaths arising therefromdistinguishing the cases which were treated at Home and inHospitals.

Table LXXXIX. Summary of Infectious Sickness and the Deaths arising therefromdistinguishing the cases which were treated at Home and inHospitals.

Where Treated.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Enteric (Typhoid Fever.).Typhus Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Cholera.Totals.
Cases treated.In Hospitals..9082992148...542.........1413
At Home..42823211892225171......1005
Total...1336531132372279191......2418
Deaths.In Hospital...1860...14..21.........95
At Home...8303221661......88
Total...26903361871......183

Table: Table XC. Showing the number of Patients per 100 cases who were removed toHospital, together with the Fatality among all cases, among casestreated at Home and in Public Institutions.

Table XC. Showing the number of Patients per 100 cases who were removed toHospital, together with the Fatality among all cases, among casestreated at Home and in Public Institutions.

Where Treated.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Enteric (Typhoid Fever.)Typhus Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Cholera.Total Percentages
Percentages of notified cases treatedIn Hospitals...68.056.315.462.4...19.310.5.........58.4
At Home...32·043·784·637·6...80·789·5.........41·6
Percentages of Deaths occurringIn Hospital...1·920·1...9·4...3·750·0.........6·7
At Home...1·812·927·324·750·02·735·3100.0......8·7
Total...1·916·923·115·250·02·936·81OO·O......7·6