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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 1906
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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Table LXXXIV.
| Quarter | Cases Nursed at Home. | Cases Nursed at Hospital. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases 1 | Deaths. 2 | Percentage Fatality 3 | Cases. 4 | Deaths. 5 . | Percentage Fatality. 6 | |
| 1St | 15 | 2 | 13.3 | 104 | 8 | 7.7 |
| 2nd | 21 | 4 | 19.0 | 69 | 6 | 8.7 |
| 3rd | 26 | 2 | 7.7 | 83 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 4th | 33 | 2 | 6.0 | 88 | 5 | 5.7 |
| Year | 95 | 1O | 10.5 | 344 | 22 | 6.4 |
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.