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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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1900]
Table XXXIV. Showing the Secondary Causes of the deaths from Measles.
| Secondary Diseases. | Quarters. | The Year. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Males. | Females. | Totals. | |
| Pneumonia | 28 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 38 | 78 |
| Bronchitis | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 34 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Meningitis | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Convulsions | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Diphtheria | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Croup | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Phthisis | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Marasmus | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Syncope | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Stomatitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Pyaemia | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Scurvy | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total Secondary Diseases | 46 | 68 | 15 | 4 | 65 | 68 | 133 |
| Deaths where no sec-ondary disease was entered | 18 | 7 | — | 1 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| Total Deaths | 64 | 75 | 15 | 5 | 79 | 80 | 159 |
The death-rate, 0.45 per 1,000, from this disease was practically the same that
obtained in the preceding year.
It is slightly above the rate of the Country, and is about the same as that of the 33 Great Towns, but less than that of the Rural Districts.
| England and Wales | 0.39 per 1,000. |
| 33 Great Towns | 0.43 „ |
| 67 Other Large Towns | 0.51 „ |
| Rural England and Wales | 0.32 „ |