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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 1903
Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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T able LXXIX.
| Year. | Cases. | Deaths. | Fatality. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Total of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Total of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Deaths to 100 cases of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Departure from Average Fatality of 10 years. | |
| 1893 | 855 | 30 | 885 | 189 | 11 | 200 | 22.6 | + 1.0 |
| 1894 | 843 | 24 | 867 | 208 | 10 | 218 | 25.1 | + 3.5 |
| 1895 | 564 | 18 | 582 | 137 | 7 | 144 | 24.7 | + 3.1 |
| 1896 | 1,069 | 24 | 1,093 | 247 | 10 | 257 | 23.5 | + 1.9 |
| 1897 | 700 | 29 | 729 | 115 | 16 | 131 | 18.0 | - 3.6 |
| 1898 | 531 | 13 | 544 | 90 | 3 | 93 | 17.1 | - 4.5 |
| 1899 | 688 | 17 | 705 | 120 | 8 | 128 | 18.1 | - 3.5 |
| 1900 | 624 | 9 | 633 | 100 | 6 | 106 | 16.7 | - 4.9 |
| 1901 | 902 | 9 | 911 | 124 | 10 | 134 | 14.7 | - 6.9 |
| 1902 | 871 | 7 | 878 | 101 | 3 | 104 | 11.8 | - 8.8 |
| 1893-02 | 7,647 | 180 | 7,827 | 1,431 | 84 | 1,515 | 19.4 | - 2.3 |
| 1903 | 452 | 3 | 455 | 41 | 2 | 43 | 9 4 | - 10 0 |
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