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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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TYPHUS FEVER.
No death from Typhus Fever was recorded, nor indeed has any been
registered since 1898, when a very doubtful return was entered.
ENTERIC FEVER.
Twenty-two deaths were ascribcd to Enteric Fever, also known as Typhoid
Fever, which is 26 fewer than the corrected average for the preceding eighteen
years. The return is the lowest of which any record can be found.
These deaths represent a death-rate of 0.07 per 1,000 of the population.
The deaths occurred at the following age periods: —
| 0-5 | 1 or 0.03 per 1,000 living at this age |
| 5-15 | 3 „ 0.04 „ „ |
| 15-25 | 5 ,, 0.07 „ „ |
| 25-35 | 6 „ 0.09 „ „ |
| 35-45 | 4 „ 0.09 „ „ |
| 45-55 | 2 „ 0.06 „ „ |
| 55 and upwards | 1 „ 0.03 „ „ |
Among males there were 13 deaths, equal to a death-rate of 0.08 per 1,000
cf that sex, and among females 9 deaths equal to a rate of 0.05 per 1,000. The
death-rate was slightly above the average of the year in Tufnell, Highbury and
Barnsbury, and below it in the other wards.
Table XLV
| Sub-Districts. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter . | Whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Upper Holloway | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tollington | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Lower Holloway | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Highbury | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 7 |
| Barnsbury | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Islington, South East | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| The Borough | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 22 |