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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 1902
Forty-seventh annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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1902]
82
Y ears.
Cancer
Deaths.
Cancer
Death-rates.
1092 219 0.68
1893 238 0.73
1894 239 0.72
1895 266 0.79
1896 291 0.85
1897 304 0.90
1898 283 0.84
1899 270 0.80
1900 303 0.90
1901 289 0.86
Corrected Average 273 0.81
1902 326 0.95
Increase 53 0.14
Table LXIV.
| Quarters. | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington, South-East. | The Borough. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 25 | 92 |
| 2nd | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 69 |
| 3rd | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 78 |
| 4th | 12 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 87 |
| The Year | 39 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 59 | 50 | 93 | 326 |
TUBERCULAR DISEASES.
Phthisis, Tabes Mesenterica, Tubercular Meningitis, Scrofulous Disease.
Under this heading are included the diseases commonly known as Consumption
(Phthisis Pulmonalis), Tabes Mesenterica or consumption of the
intestines, General Tuberculosis, and Scrofulous Disease, which includes Lupus,
Tubercular Caries, and Pott's Disease.
Phthisis.—Happily the number of deaths (515) from Phthisis showed a
decrease on the annual average (554) of the preceding ten years. Nevertheless
the return is little less than appalling, for it means that 9.14 per cent. of the
deaths from all causes registered during the year were due to this fatal, but as
is now known, preventable disease. It is a sign of good omen to notice that
there has been a decreased mortality in the last two years, for whereas in 1900
there were 602 deaths, yet in 1901 there were only 545, and in 1902 515.