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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 1905
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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115 [1905
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Twenty-four cases of this disease were notified, and they were exactly
equal to the number reported in 1904, as well as to the corrected average of
the preceding 10 years.
Hospital Isolations.—4 of the patients were treated in hospital, and
of these two died, while 20 were treated at home, of whom 4 succumbed.
Fatality-—6, or one-fourth, viz. 25 per cent. of the patients died, 50.7
per cent. occurring in hospital and 20.0 per cent. at home.
Altogether 291 cases of this disease were reported in the County of
London, of which 183 or 62.8 per cent. were fatal.
Table XC.
| Sub-Districts. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Whole Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Upper Holloway | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Tollington | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Lower Holloway | .. | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Highbury | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
| Barnsbury | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Islington, South East | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 |
| The Borough | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 24 |