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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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Highbury.
| Zymotic Diseases. | 1891. Deaths. | 1892. Deaths. | 1893. Deaths. | 1894. Deaths. | 1895. Deaths. | 1896. Deaths. | 1897 Deaths. | Mean Seven Yrs. | 1898. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | Death-rates. | |||||||||
| Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 32 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 40 | 12 | 21 | 29 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Diphtheria | 25 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 18 | 30 | 17 | 22 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 44 | 22 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 32 | 25 | 28 | ||
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 8 | |
| Continued and III-defined Fevers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| Diarrhœa | 23 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 21 | ||
| Total | 136 | 93 | 114 | 108 | 71 | 149 | 100 | 110 | 143 | 2 .13 |
The following statement shows the fatal incidence of the Zymotic
Diseases in the several districts. It is arranged in order from least to
highest death-rate.
Sub-Districts.
Death-rates.
Deaths.
Highbury ... ... ... 213 ... 143
Upper Holloway ... ... 2*40 ... 245
South-east Islington ... ... 2-55 ... 173
South-west „ ... ... 3*41 ... 369
Table XXVIII.
| districts. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric (Typhoid Fever) | Diarrhoea. | totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Holloway | .. | 91 | 8 | 18 | 43 | .. | 10 | 75 | 245 |
| Islington, South West | 152 | 6 | 30 | 63 | .. | 10 | 109 | 369 | |
| Islington, South East | • • | 5 | 29 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 43 | 173 | |
| Highbury | • • | 29 | 8 | 13 | 28 | •• | 56 | 143 | |
| Totals | • • | 325 | 26 | 90 | 168 | 1 | *37 | 283 | 930 |