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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 1900

Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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Table: Table LXXXIX. Showing the Cases and Deaths from Diphtheria together with the Fatality and the Departure from the Mean Fatality (1891-1900), during the ten years ending 1900.

Table LXXXIX. Showing the Cases and Deaths from Diphtheria together with the Fatality and the Departure from the Mean Fatality (1891-1900), during the ten years ending 1900.

Year.Cases.Deaths.Fatality.
Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Total of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Total of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Deaths to 100cases of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Department from Average Fatality of 9 years.
1891712447561581917723·4+ 1·4
1892695437381502217223·3+ 1·3
1893855308851891120022·6+ 0·6
1894843248672081021825·1+ 3·1
189556418582137714424·7+ 2·7
18961,069241,0932471025723·5+ 1·5
1897700297291151613118·0-4·0
1898531135449039317·1- 4·9
189968817705120812818·1-3·9
19006249633100610616·7-4·8
1891- 007,2812517,5321,5141121,62621.5- 0·7

Table: Cases of Diphtheria Nursed in Hospital.

Cases of Diphtheria Nursed in Hospital.

Quarter.Cases.Deaths.Percentage Fatality.
1st942122·3
2nd1012120·8
3rd111119·9
4th1682313·7
The Year4747616·0