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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 1909
Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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250
1909]
Vagrants.—No vagrants were relieved, as the wards were closed in
January, 1909.
Children Boarded out.—On a weekly average, these numbered 107, as
compared with 125 in the preceding year. They are also 18 less than the
decennial weekly average of the years 1899-1908.
Table CXXX.
| Years. | Average number Relieved during each week. | Death-rates. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor Paupers, Adults and Children. | Outdoor Paupers. | Totals Outdoor. | Totals. All paupers relieved, cols. 2 & 5. | Vagrants Relieved. | Children Boarded out. | ||||
| Adults. | Children under 16. | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 1899 | 3,351 | 2,237 | 1,266 | 3,503 | 6,854 | 16 | 131 | 1871 | |
| 1900 | 3,397 | 2,288 | 1,271 | 3,559 | 6,956 | 7 | 100 | 1703 | |
| 1901 | 3,522 | 2,444 | 1,361 | 3,805 | 7,327 | 12 | 130 | 15.98 | |
| 1902 | 3,594 | 2,662 | 1,412 | 4,074 | 7,668 | 10 | 125 | 16.71 | |
| 1903 | 3,879 | 2,739 | 1,386 | 4,125 | 8,004 | 17 | 127 | 14.27 | |
| 1904 | 3,622 | 3,069 | 1,395 | 4,464 | 8,086 | 65 | 122 | 15.35 | |
| 1905 | 4,295 | 3,302 | 1,627 | 4,929 | 9,224 | 58 | 126 | 14.44 | |
| 1906 | 4,189 | 3,335 | 1,545 | 4,880 | 9,069 | 12 | 134 | 14.64 | |
| 1907 | 4,261 | 3,556 | 1,782 | 5,338 | 9,599 | 75 | 135 | 14.63 | |
| 1908 | 4,558 | 3,752 | 2,039 | 5,791 | 10,349 | 13 | 125 | 13.15 | |
| Average | 3,867 | 2,939 | 1,508 | 4,447 | 8,314 | 29 | 125 | 15.50 | |
| 1909 | 4.864 | 3,649 | 1,963 | 5,612 | 10,476 | Wards closed January 1909. | 107 | 14.00 | |
Table CXXXI.
| Quarters. | Indoor Paupers, Adults and Children. | Outdoor Paupers. | Totals. | Totals corresponding periods 1908 | Vagrants Relieved. | Children Boarded out. | Death rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children under 16. | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1st Qr. | 4,957 | 3,818 | 2,071 | 10,346 | 10,364 | Wards clossd in January, 1909. | 120 | 19 09 |
| 2nd ,, | 4,793 | 3,512 | 1,848 | 10,153 | 9,724 | 112 | 12 93 | |
| 3rd | 4,718 | 3,498 | 1,873 | 10,089 | 9,905 | 98 | 10 28 | |
| 4 th ,, | 4,988 | 3,769 | 2,063 | 10,820 | 11,403 | 97 | 13-70 | |
| TheYear | 4,864 | 3,649 | 1,963 | 10,476 | 10,349 | — | 107 | 1400 |