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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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79
[1909
ENTERIC FEVER.
To this disease were attributed 12 deaths, as compared with a corrected
average of 42 in the years 1885-1908, and with 18 in the preceding year.
This return is the lowest recorded since 1885. If the table (XXXII.) showing
the deaths from the principal epidemic diseases during the last 24 years be
consulted, it will be seen that there has been a steady, if not always regular,
decrease in the deaths since the first mentioned date. Thus if the 25
years be divided into quinquennial periods it is found that in i he first period the
deaths averaged 57; in the second 39; in the third 40; in the fourth 35, and
in the last 16.
Table LI.
| Sub-Districts. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Upper Holloway | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Tollington | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Lower Holloway | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Highbury | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
| Barnsbury | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Islington, South East | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 |
| The Borough | 5 | 4 | 3 | .. | 12 |