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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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1906]
Table XL.
| Years. | 1st Quarter, 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Whole Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | 170 | 84 | 25 | 9 | 288 |
| 1897 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 72 | 97 |
| 1898 | 183 | 107 | 23 | 12 | 325 |
| 1899 | 45 | 53 | 26 | 31 | 155 |
| 1900 | 64 | 75 | 15 | 5 | 159 |
| 1901 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 100 | 151 |
| 1902 | 53 | 29 | 12 | 20 | 114 |
| 1903 | 35 | 64 | 17 | 4 | 120 |
| 1904 | 20 | 75 | 56 | 30 | 181 |
| 1905 | 26 | 17 | 20 | 60 | 123 |
| Corrected average number of deaths | 63 | 53 | 24 | 35 | 175 |
| 1906. | 93 | 75 | 11 | 8 | 187 |
| Increase or Decrease | +30 | +22 | -13 | -27 | + 12 |
SCARLET FEVER.
Exactly the same number of deaths were registered as in the preceding
year, namely 37. which are equal to a death-rate of o.11 per 1,000 inhabitants.
It is a notable fact that since 1897 the deaths have never exceeded 40, although
previously they had been far more numerous. There seems little doubt that
the disease is not so virulent as it used to be. Indeed, the fatality rarely
exceeds 3 per cent., and during the year under discussion it was only 27 per
cent.
The deaths were distributed very equally in the four quarters of the year,
10 being credited to both the first and second 9 to the third, and 8 to the
fourth.