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Islington 1902
Forty-seventh annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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[1902
SEPTIC DISEASES.
Erysipelas caused 13 deaths, 6 being males and 7 females, which are
equivalent to a death-rate of 0.04 per 1,000 They are 3 below the
corrected average of ten years and the death-rate 0.01 below the mean. Only
once in these years was the return so low, in 1898, when only 8 deaths were
registered.
Five deaths occurred in public institutions within the borough.
No death was registered in Lower Holloway sub-district, and only 1 in
Tufnell. Upper Holloway, Highbury, and Barnsbury had each 2 deaths
credited to them, while Tollington and Islington South-East had each 3.
See also Tables LX. and LXI.
Puerperal Fever.—Twelve deaths were ascribed to this disease, as
against an exactly similar average in the preceding ten years.
These 12 deaths represent 1.30 to every 1,000 births registered during
the year.
A statement showing the deaths and death-rates per 1,000 births from
Puerperal Fever from 1892-1901 is given in Table H in the Appendix.
See also Tables LXII. and LXIII.
Table LX.
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | I | 0.03 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Upper Holloway | 2 | 0.06 „ „ |
| Tollington | 3 | 0.08 „ ,, |
| Lower Holloway | ... | ... |
| Highbury | 2 | 0.03 ,, ,, |
| Barnsbury | 2 | 0.03 „ „ |
| Islington, South-East | 3 | 0.04 ,, ,, |
| Islington | 13 | 0.04 ,, ,, |