Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-seventh annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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Table XCII.
DISEASES. | YEARS. | Corrected average number of cases. | Increase or Decrease. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896 | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1892-01. | 1902. | ||
Small Pox | 42 | 118 | 90 | 25 | 50 | 3 | ... | 3 | 2 | 50 | 38 | 276 | +238 |
Scarlet Fever | 1709 | 2880 | 1493 | 1692 | 2031 | 1577 | 1336 | 1494 | 1074 | 1286 | 1671 | 1372 | —299 |
Diphtheria | 695 | 855 | 843 | 564 | 1067 | 700 | 531 | 688 | 624 | 902 | 754 | 871 | + 117 |
Membranous Croup | 43 | 30 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 7 | — 15 |
Enteric Fever | 219 | 251 | 245 | 184 | 229 | 256 | 237 | 353 | 259 | 281 | 254 | 237 | +3 |
Typhus Fever | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ...... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | — 1 |
Erysipelas | 550 | 672 | 395 | 320 | 385 | 312 | 279 | 350 | 285 | 285 | 386 | 357 | —29 |
Puerperal Fever | 51 | 38 | 23 | 22 | 30 | 27 | 19 | 33 | 16 | 34 | 29 | 19 | —10 |
Continued Fever | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ... |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3* | ... | ... | 1 | ... | —1 |
Totals | 3318 | 4853 | 3121 | 2841 | 3822 | 2906 | 2418 | 2943 | 2276 | 2852 | 3161 | 3164 | +3 |
* English Cholera.