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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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1909]
continued from previous table
| 4 per cent, of these deaths occurred at the age period | 0-5 |
| 5-10 | |
| 10-15 | |
| 15-20 | |
| 20-25 | |
| 25-35 | |
| 35-45 | |
| 45-55 | |
| 7 „ „ „ „ | 55-65 |
| 4 „ „ „ „ | 65-75 |
| 100 | All apes |
SEPTIC DISEASES.
In this class are included Erysipelas, Pyaemia, Septicaemia and so-called
Puerperal Fever, which together caused 40 deaths, as compared with 44 in
the preceding year.
Erysipelas.—To this disease were ascribed 12 deaths, as compared with
an average of 14 in the preceding 12 years. Four of them were infants under
a year old, while 7 were adults aged from 20 to 45 years. Five deaths occurred
in public institutions.
1097 11
i8g8 8
1899 16
1900 17
1901 15
1902 13
1903 9
1904 23
1905 12
1906 16
1907 13
1908 14
1909 12
Table LXII. Deaths from Erysipelas in the Sub Districts during the Year 1909.
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | — per 1,000 inhabitants. | |||
| Upper Holloway | 4 | 0.11 | ||
| Tollington | 2 | 0.05 | ||
| Lower Holloway | 2 | 0.05 | ||
| Highbury | 1 | 0.01 | ||
| Barnsbury | 2 | 0.04 | ||
| Islington, South-East | 1 | 0.01 | ||
| The Borough | 12 | 0.03 | ||