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Islington 1906
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1906
The figures are as follows:—
| Cases. | Attack-Rate. | |
|---|---|---|
| St. Pancras | 1,419 | 6.oo |
| Stoke Newington | 240 | 4.51 |
| Hackney | 1,864 | 8.08 |
| Hornsey | 631 | 7.26 |
| Finsbury | 838 | 8.60 |
| Shoreditch | 964 | 8.30 |
| 5,956 | 7.25 | |
| County of London | 35,340 | 7.48 |
From this return it will be seen that Islington does not compare
unfavourably with the neighbouring great sanitary authorities. Indeed when
one considers how it is circumscribed, its density of population, and the
large number of its schools, it is hardly too much to say that its health, as
judged by the notifications, is very good.
In previous reports a statement of the number of cases of each disease
that were notified since 1891 have been given, but as the great majority of the
present Council have not had an opportunity of studying them, they are set
out again.
They are as follows:—
| Years. | Cases. | Attack.rates. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 2,059 | =6.43 per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
| 1892 | 3,318 | =10.26 ,, ,, | |
| 1893 | 4,853 | =14.84 ,, ,, | |
| 1894 | 3,121 | =9.44 ,, ,, | |
| 1895 | 2,841 | =8.50 ,, ,, | |
| 1896 | 3,822 | =11.32 ,, ,, | |
| 1897 | 2,906 | =8.62 ,, ,, | |
| 1898 | 2,418 | =7.18 ,, ,, | |
| 1899 | 2,943 | =8.75 ,, ,, | |
| 1900 | 2,276 | =6.78 ,, ,, | |
| 1901 | 2,852 | =8.50 ,, ,, | |
| 1902 | 3,164 | =9.20 ,, ,, | |
| 1903 | 1,707 | =5.03 ,, ,, | |
| 1904 | 1,941 | =5.69 ,, ,, | |
| 1905 | 1,928 | =5.62 ,, ,, | |
| =6.59 ,, ,, | |||