London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
insanitation seem to favour its spread. Indeed, it Has been remarked of it
that it spreads as quickly through the suburbs as it did through the crowded
streets and alleys, and is, therefore, in these respects, very unlike the ordinary
infective diseases.
Table LVII.
| Years. | Quarters. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First. | Second. | Third. | Fourth. | ||
| 1896 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 33 |
| 1897 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 47 |
| 1898 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 65 |
| 1899 | 52 | 25 | 4 | 45 | 126 |
| 1900 | 122 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 149 |
| 1901 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 46 |
| 1902 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 83 |
| 1903 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 40 |
| 1904 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 48 |
| 1905 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 54 |
| Corrected Average | 38 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 70 |
| 1906 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 26 | 67 |
| Increase or Decrease | -25 | + 9 | + 3 | + 10 | -3 |