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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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Table XXXVIII.
| Years. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 25 | 52 | 31 | 11 | 119 |
| 1894 | 66 | 118 | 14 | 1 | 199 |
| 1895 | 7 | 36 | 50 | 42 | 135 |
| 1896 | 170 | 84 | 25 | 9 | 288 |
| 1897 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 72 | 97 |
| 1898 | 183 | 107 | 23 | 12 | 325 |
| 1899 | 45 | 53 | 26 | 31 | 155 |
| 1900 | 64 | 75 | 15 | 5 | 159 |
| 1901 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 100 | 151 |
| 1902 | 53 | 29 | 12 | 20 | 114 |
| Corrected average number of deaths | 65 | 58 | 23 | 30 | 176 |
| Increase or Decrease | -30 | + 6 | -6 | -26 | -56 |
SCARLET FEVER.
The deaths from Scarlet Fever numbered 24, and are equal to a death-rate
of 0.07 per 1,000. These are the lowest figures hitherto known in the borough
with one exception, namely in 1900, when the returns were the same as now.
This rate is lower by 0.08 than the average rate in the eighteen years immediately
preceding.
A very large number of these deaths, 23, or nearly 96 percent., occurred in
hospitals.
Of the total deaths from Scarlet Fever 13, or 54.2 per cent., were those of
children under five years old, who died at the rate of 0.35 per 1,000 living at
that age.
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