Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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[1898
Table LX. Showing the Deaths from Cancer in the several Sub-Districts during the Quarters and the Year.
Quarters. | Upper Holloway. | Islington South-west. | Islington South-east. | Highbury. | Tile Parish. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 21 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 65 |
2nd | 18 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 60 |
3rd | 32 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 95 |
4th | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 63 |
The Year | 91 | 88 | 57 | 47 | 283 |
Of these 283 persons, 177 or 62.5 per cent. were women. The ages of all persons were as follows:-
Ages. | Deaths. | Ages. | Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
0—25 | 8 | 75—85 | 32 |
25—35 | 8 | 85—95 | 4 |
35—45 | 28 | 95 and upwards | — |
45—55 | 67 | All ages | 283 |
55— 65 | 70 | ||
65—75 | 66 |
PHTHISIS.
Five hundred and twenty-seven deaths were attributed to Phthisis,
of which 322 were males and 205 females. This number is 34 below
the corrected mean of the preceding seven years.
The death-rate was 1.53 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Since 1891 the deaths and death-rates have been:-
1891 | 544 deaths | 1.70 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
1892 | 504 „ | 1.56 ,, ,, |
1893 | 560 „ | 1.71,, ,, |
1894 | 539 „ | 1.63 ,, ,, |
1895 | 568 „ | 1.70 ,, ,, |
1896 | 530 „ | 1.57 ,, ,, |
1897 | 520 „ | 1.52 ,, ,, |
Corrected mean | 561 „ | 1.63 ,, ,, |
1898 | 527 ,, | 1.53 ,, |