Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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Table E.
Year. | Births. | Birth-rates. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | Deaths from the Principal Epidemic Diseases. | Total Epidemic Death-rates. | Influenza. | Cancer. | Phthisis. | Puerperal Fever | |||||||||||||
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Totals. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Simple and undefined Fevers. | Dlarrhœal Diseases. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 births. | ||||||||
1899 | 9,658 | 28.7 | 6,293 | 18.7 | 1,548 | 160 | 781 | .. | 155 | 33 | 128 | 160 | .. | 47 | .. | 258 | 2.32 | 126 | 0.37 | 270 | 0.80 | 583 | 1.73 | 14 | 1.45 |
1900 | 9,254 | 27.5 | 5,721 | 17.0 | 1,344 | 145 | 660 | 1 | 159 | 24 | 106 | 142 | .. | 46 | 2 | 180 | 1.96 | 149 | 0.44 | 303 | 0.90 | 602 | 1.79 | 6 | 0.65 |
1901 | 9,264 | 27.6 | 5,361 | 15.9 | 1,290 | 139 | 628 | 8 | 151 | 30 | 134 | 85 | .. | 47 | 1 | 172 | 1.87 | 46 | 0.14 | 289 | 0.86 | 545 | 1.62 | 15 | 1.62 |
1902 | 9,214 | 26.8 | 5,635 | 16.4 | 1,219 | 132 | 608 | 53 | 114 | 40 | 104 | 152 | .. | 45 | 1 | 99 | 1.80 | 83 | 0.24 | 326 | 0.95 | 515 | 1.50 | 12 | 1.30 |
1903 | 8,983 | 26.5 | 4,839 | 14.3 | 1,136 | 126 | 471 | .. | 120 | 24 | 43 | 152 | .. | 22 | 1 | 109 | 1.39 | 40 | 0.12 | 350 | 1.03 | 492 | 1.45 | 9 | 1.00 |
1904 | 8,890 | 26.1 | 5,236 | 15.3 | 1,140 | 128 | 606 | 1 | 181 | 35 | 28 | 83 | .. | 18 | .. | 260 | 1.78 | 48 | 0.14 | 323 | 0.95 | 533 | 1.56 | 14 | 1.57 |
1905 | 8,756 | 25.5 | 4,955 | 14.4 | 1,074 | 123 | 529 | 1 | 123 | 37 | 34 | 111 | .. | 17 | .. | 206 | 1.54 | 54 | 0.l6 | 328 | 0.95 | 438 | 1.28 | 6 | 0.68 |
1906 | 8,659 | 25.1 | 5,050 | 14.6 | 1,083 | 125 | 562 | .. | 187 | 37 | 32 | 74 | .. | 19 | .. | 213 | 163 | 67 | 0.19 | 363 | 1. 05 | 411 | 1.19 | 11 | 1.27 |
1907 | 8,531 | 24.6 | 5,079 | 14.6 | 996 | 117 | 432 | .. | 130 | 24 | 42 | 120 | .. | 13 | .. | 103 | 1.24 | 75 | 0.22 | 348 | 1.00 | 436 | 1.26 | 8 | 0.94 |
1908 | 8,665 | 24.3 | 4,679 | 13.1 | 894 | 103 | 358 | .. | 78 | 30 | 60 | 55 | .. | 18 | .. | 117 | 1.01 | 81 | 0.23 | 367 | 1.03 | 432 | 1.21 | 4 | 0.46 |
Corrected average. | 9,259 | 26.36 | 5,445 | 15.50 | 1,207 | 130 | 580 | 6 | 144 | 32 | 73 | 118 | .. | 30 | .. | 177 | 1.65 | 79 | 0.23 | 337 | 0.96 | 514 | 1.46 | 10 | 1.08 |
Departure from Average. | —1061 | -3.02 | -527 | -1.50 | -366 | -27 | -162 | -6 | + 53 | -7 | -42 | -32 | .. | -18 | .. | -110 | — 0.46 | -9 | — 0.04 | +16 | + 0.04 | -90 | -0.25 | -3 | -0.23 |