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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 1915

Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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[1915

Table: Registration Sub-Districts.—The total number of cases notified in these districts was as follows:—

Registration Sub-Districts.—The total number of cases notified in these districts was as follows:—

Total Cases Notified.
Tufnell200
Upper Holloway245
Tollington237
Lower Holloway193
Highbury319
Barnsbury485
Islington South-East531
Total2,210

Table: Wards —The total number of cases notified in the Wards was as under:—

Wards —The total number of cases notified in the Wards was as under:—

Total Cases Notified.
Tufnell200
Upper Holloway245
Tollington237
Lower Holloway193
Highbury196
Mildmay123
Thornhill292
Barnsbury193
St. Marys110
Canonbury241
St. Peters180
Total2,210

Table: The figures for each of the infectious diseases and the average for each during the ten years 1905-1914, together with the departures from it, were as follows:—

The figures for each of the infectious diseases and the average for each during the ten years 1905-1914, together with the departures from it, were as follows:—

1915.Average 10 years.Increase or decrease
Small Pox—1- 1
Scarlet Fever1,3321,190+ 142
Diphtheria620494+ 126
Membranous Croup44—
Enteric Fever2886- 58
Typhus „———
Erysipelas203245- 42
Puerperal Fever2320+ 3
2,2102,040+ 170