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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 1904
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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Table LXXXII.
| Quarter. | Cases Nursed at Home. | Cases Nursed at Hospital | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. 1 | Deaths. 2 | Percentage Fatality. 3 | Cases. 4 | Deaths. 5 | Percentage Fatality. 6 | |
| 1st | 21 | 2 | 9.5 | 78 | 8 | 10.2 |
| 2nd | 15 | 2 | 12.1 | 58 | 2 | 3.4 |
| 3rd | 18 | 2 | 11.1 | 60 | 4 | 6.6 |
| 4th | 33 | 4 | 12.1 | 64 | 4 | 6.2 |
| Year | 87 | 10 | 11.5 | 260 | 18 | 6.9 |
Note In comparing columns 3 and 6 it must not be forgotten that it is only the mildest cases
which as a rule are retained at home. The worst cases are invariably hurried to hospital.