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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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1893]
Table XXXV. Showing the proportion of deaths from Measles among every 100,000 persons annually for the several quarters and in the sub-districts.
| 1897. | 1898. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-Districts. | 4th quarter | 1st quarter. | 2nd quarter. | Average. | ||
| Upper Holloway | 147 | 192 | 145 | 161 | ||
| South-west Islington | 78 | 303 | 174 | 185 | ||
| South-east ,, | 23 | 189 | 89 | 100 | ||
| Highbury | 60 | 119 | 48 | 76 | ||
| The Parish | 84 | 212 | 124 | 140 | ||
"The fatal incidence of the disease varied considerably in the several
districts, and in this table we see that whereas the rate was only 76 in
every 100,000 of the population in Highbury, it was as much as 185 in
South-west Islington. In the South-east it was 100, and in Upper
Holloway 161. In the last mentioned district the disease followed a
very even course throughout the epidemic, for the deaths were 37, 49
and 37 respectively in each quarter, and the death-rates per 100,000
persons were 147, 192 and 145. How different this is from the very
sudden rise and quick fall which occurred in Islington West; where
the deaths for each quarter were respectively 21, 82 and 47, and the
proportion to each 100,000 persons 78,303 and 147. Similarly in
Islington South-east the disease fluctuated considerably, for while it
only caused four deaths in the fourth quarter of 1897, yet it increased
eight-fold in the 1st quarter of this year, the deaths being 32, which
decreased to 15 in the 2nd quarter. In these periods the death-rates
per 100,000 of the population were 23, 189 and .89 respectively.
"In Highbury, also, there was a quick rise and a sharp fall in the
deaths, which, although they were only 10 in the closing quarter of the
year, increased almost 100 per cent. in the 1st quarter, numbering 20:
and fell to 8 in the 2nd quarter. During these periods the rates were
respectively 60, 119 and 48 per 100,000 inhabitants in the three
quarters.