Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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Table I.
Year. | Births. | Birth-rates. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | Deaths from the Principal Epidemic Diseases. | Total Epidemic Death-rates. | Influenza. | Cancer. | Phthisis. | Puerperal Fever | |||||||||||||
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Totals. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Simple and undefined Fevers. | Diarrhœal Diseases. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | Deaths. | Deaths in 1,000 births. | ||||||||
1895 | 9,879 | 29.6 | 5,760 | 17.2 | 1,416 | 143 | 650 | 1 | 135 | 66 | 144 | 81 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 189 | 1.94 | 179 | 0.53 | 266 | 0.79 | 568 | 1.70 | 12 | 1.21 |
1896 | 9,921 | 28.8 | 5,884 | 17.1 | 1,490 | 150 | 1038 | 1 | 288 | 57 | 257 | 234 | .. | 46 | 2 | 153 | 3.07 | 33 | 0.09 | 291 | 0.85 | 530 | 1.54 | 11 | 1.11 |
1897 | 9,842 | 29.2 | 5,395 | 16.0 | 1,338 | 136 | 638 | 1 | 97 | 61 | 131 | 130 | .. | 44 | .. | 174 | 1.89 | 47 | 0.14 | 304 | 0.90 | 520 | 1.54 | 10 | 1.01 |
1898 | 9,453 | 28.1 | 5,705 | 16.9 | 1,504 | 159 | 933 | •• | 325 | 26 | 93 | 168 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 283 | 2.77 | 65 | 0.19 | 283 | 0.84 | 527 | 1.56 | 7 | 0.74 |
1899 | 9,658 | 28.7 | 6,293 | 18.7 | 1,548 | 160 | 781 | .. | 155 | 33 | 128 | 160 | .. | 47 | .. | 258 | 2.2 | 126 | 0.37 | 270 | 0.80 | 583 | 1.73 | 14 | 1.45 |
1900 | 9,254 | 27.5 | 5.721 | 17.0 | 1,344 | 145 | 660 | 1 | 159 | 24 | 106 | 142 | .. | 46 | 2 | 180 | 1.96 | 149 | 0.44 | 303 | 0.90 | 602 | 1.79 | 6 | 0.65 |
1901 | 9,264 | 27.6 | 5,361 | 15.9 | 1,290 | 139 | 628 | 8 | 151 | 30 | 134 | 85 | .. | 47 | 1 | 172 | 1.87 | 46 | 0.14 | 289 | 0.86 | 545 | 1.62 | 15 | 1.62 |
1902 | 9,214 | 26.8 | 5,635 | 16.4 | 1,219 | 132 | 608 | 53 | 114 | 40 | 104 | 152 | .. | 45 | 1 | 99 | 1.80 | 83 | 0.24 | 326 | 0.95 | 515 | 1.50 | 12 | 1.30 |
1903 | 8,983 | 26.5 | 4,839 | 14.3 | 1,136 | 126 | 471 | .. | 120 | 24 | 43 | 152 | .. | 22 | 1 | 109 | 1.39 | 40 | 0.12 | 350 | 1.03 | 492 | 1.45 | 9 | 1.00 |
1904 | 8,890 | 26.0 | 5,236 | 15.3 | 1,140 | 128 | 606 | 1 | 181 | 35 | 28 | 83 | .. | 18 | .. | 260 | 1.78 | 48 | 0.14 | 323 | 0.95 | 533 | 1.56 | 14 | 1.57 |
Corrected average. | 9,602 | 28.00 | 5,681 | 16.56 | 1,365 | 142 | 713 | 7 | 175 | 41 | 119 | 141 | .. | 38 | 1 | 191 | 2 .08 | 83 | 0.24 | 305 | 0.89 | 550 | 1.60 | 11 | 1.14 |
1905 | 8,756 | 25.52 | 4,955 | 14.44 | 1,074 | 123 | 529 | 1 | 123 | 37 | 34 | 111 | .. | 17 | .. | 206 | 1.54 | 54 | 0.16 | 328 | 0.95 | 438 | 1.28 | 6 | 0.68 |
Departure from verage. | -846 | — 2.48 | — 726 | — 2.12 | — 291 | -19 | -184 | -6 | - 52 | -4 | -85 | -30 | .. | — 21 | -1 | +15 | -0.54 | -29 | —0.08 | +23 | +0.06 | — 112 | — 03.2 | -5 | — 0.46 |
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