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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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Table: table i. (Local Government Board Return.) Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Islington; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

table i. (Local Government Board Return.) Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Islington; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Sub-Districts.Last Census 1896.Estimated to middle of 1898.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.1234567891011121312345678910111213
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing.Puerperal.
Upper Holloway98,682102,0342,793Under 5...114464...7............£.........7027......6.....................
5 upwds...315962166......2£65.........19523......42............6.....
Islington, South West.107,457108,2113,244Under 5...116584...3............4.........86391...3............1......
5 upwds...250752...66......7...04.........186361...42......2...8......
Islington, South East.66,67167,6671,838Under 5...8473.....................1.........6047..............................
5 upwds...16974...1411...8...69.........13043......23............9......
Highbury61,85167,0961,578Under 5...6530......2............4.........2523......1.....................
5 upwas...188751...45......2...34.........11547......25............5......
Public Institutions.........Under 5...........................................................................
5 upwds...354......7............32.........314......6............25......
Totals337,661345,0089,453Under 5...3792078...12............15......2511361...10.........1f ...
5 upwds...95732452225119...264......6571631...138......2...53...