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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
The following statement gives the number of the cases and deaths, together with the fatality rate, for each of the last twenty-five years:—
| Years. | Cases. | Deaths. | Fatality. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 33 | 8 | 24.2 |
| 1892 | 51 | 23 | 45.1 |
| 1893 | 38 | 13 | 34.2 |
| 1894 | 23 | 8 | 34.8 |
| 1895 | 22 | 12 | 54.5 |
| 1896 | 30 | 11 | 36.7 |
| 1897 | 27 | 10 | 37.0 |
| 1898 | 19 | 7 | 36.8 |
| 1899 | 33 | 14 | 42.4 |
| 1900 | 16 | 6 | 37.5 |
| 1901 | 34 | 15 | 44.1 |
| 1902 | 22 | 12 | 54.5 |
| 1903 | 19 | 9 | 47.3 |
| 1904 | 25 | 14 | 56.0 |
| 1905 | 24 | 6 | 25.0 |
| 1906 | 25 | 11 | 44.0 |
| 1907 | 21 | 8 | 38.1 |
| 1908 | 17 | 4 | 23.5 |
| 1909 | 14 | 7 | 50.0 |
| 1910 | 20 | 8 | 40.0 |
| 1911 | 14 | 7 | 50.0 |
| 1912 | 16 | 2 | 12.5 |
| 1913 | 28 | 7 | 25.0 |
| 1914 | 25 | 12 | 48.0 |
| 1915 | 23 | 8 | 34.8 |
| Years. | Cases. | Deaths. | Fatality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891—1895 | 167 | 64 | 38.3 |
| 1896—1900 | 125 | 48 | 38.4 |
| 1901—1905 | 124 | 56 | 45.1 |
| 1906—1910 | 97 | 38 | 39.1 |
| 1911—1915 | 106 | 36 | 34.0 |
The Medical Officer of Health expects no reduction in the number of
these cases, until provision is made for women with child to obtain advice from
competent advisers before the birth of the child, so that they may adopt
measures to ward off this terrible and largely preventable disease.