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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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89
[1898
SMALL POX.
No case was notified.

Table: The cases were 49 below the corrected average of the preceding six years.

The cases were 49 below the corrected average of the preceding six years.

18911 cases.189650 cases.
189242 „18973 „
1893 ......... 1894.........118 „ 90 „Corrected mean49 „
189525 „18980 „

Table: SCARLET FEVER. This disease showed a decrease of 490 on the corrected average.

SCARLET FEVER. This disease showed a decrease of 490 on the corrected average.

1891728 cases =2.27 case-rate per 1,000 inhabitants.
18921,710 „ =5.29 ,, „ „
18932,880 „ =8.81 ,, „ „
18941,493 „ =4.52 ,, „ „
18951,692 „ =5.06 „ ,, „
18962,031 „ =6.01 ,, „ „
18971,577 „ =4.62 ,, „ „
Corrected Mean1,806 „ =5.23 ,, „ „
18981,336 ,, =3.87 ,, „ „

Table: Table LXIII. Showing the sickness from Scarlet Fever in the Sub-Districts for each Quarter and for the Year.

Table LXIII. Showing the sickness from Scarlet Fever in the Sub-Districts for each Quarter and for the Year.

Sub-Districts.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Whole Year.
Upper Holloway929691183462
Islington, South West7710967115368
Islington, South East40448485253
Highbury44664994253
The Parish2633152914771,336