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 LXVI.
1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | Averages 1895-04. | 1905. | Increase or Decrease | |
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Rheumatic Fever | 9 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 18 | + 2 |
Rheumatism | 12 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 11 | - 2 |
Gout | 9 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 7 | - 2 |
Rickets | 17 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 11 | - 5 |
Cancer | 266 | 291 | 304 | 283 | 270 | 303 | 289 | 326 | 350 | 323 | 300 | 328 | + 28 |
Tabes Mesenterica.. | 80 | 81 | 71 | 65 | 50 | 36 | 38 | 43 | 40 | 40 | 54 | 39 | -15 |
Tubercular Meningitis | 108 | 103 | 82 | 87 | 89 | 69 | 80 | 77 | 71 | 74 | 84 | 63 | -21 |
Phthisis | 568 | 530 | 520 | 527 | 583 | 602 | 545 | 515 | 492 | 533 | 541 | 438 | -103 |
Other Tubercular and Scrofulous Diseases | 7 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 37 | 29 | 35 | 17 | 40 | + 23 |
Purpura | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. |
Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leuco-cythaemia | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 15 | + 5 |
Diabetes | 16 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 28 | 33 | 28 | 26 | 35 | 24 | 28 | + 4 |
Other Diseases | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | + 4 | |
Totals | 1,105 | 1,108 | 1,073 | 1,059 | 1,100 | 1,104 | 1,062 | 1,097 | 1,070 | 1 116 | 1,089 | 1,007 | -82 |