Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1910. | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919. | Mean 10 years. | 1920 | |||||||||||||
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Deaths | Death Rates | Deaths | Death Rates | Deaths | Death Rates | Deaths | Death Rates | Deaths | Death Rates | Deaths | Death Rates | Deaths | Death Rates | Deaths | Death Rates | Deaths | Death Fates | Deaths | Death Rates | Deaths | Death Rates | Deaths | Death Rates | |
Enteric Fever | 17 | 0.05 | 12 | 0.01 | 8 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.01 | 14 | 0.04 | 5 | 0.01 | 9 | 0.03 | 4 | 0.01 | 7 | 0.02 | 5* | 0.02 | 8 | 0.02 | ||
Small Pox; | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0.00 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 166 | 0.51 | 124 | 0.38 | 151 | 0.46 | 101 | 0.31 | 97 | 0.30 | 153 | 0.48 | 80 | 0.26 | 149 | 0.50 | 114 | 0.39 | 12 | 0.04 | 115 | 0.36 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 11 | 0.03 | 20 | 0.06 | 9 | 0.03 | 19 | 0.06 | 23 | 0.07 | 38 | 0.12 | 18 | 0.06 | 4 | 0.01 | 8 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.04 | 16 | 0.05 | ||
Whooping Cough | 124 | 0.38 | 71 | 0.22 | 54 | 0.16 | 62 | 0.19 | 83 | 0.26 | 103 | 0.32 | 60 | 0.19 | 45 | 0.15 | 147 | 0.51 | 17 | 0.05 | 77 | 0.21 | ||
Diphtheria | 34 | 0.10 | 54 | 0.16 | 38 | 0.12 | 37 | 0.11 | 41 | 0.13 | 57 | 0.18 | 45 | 0.14 | 33 | 0.11 | 45 | 0.16 | 51 | 0.16 | 41 | 0.14 | ||
Diarrhæa and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 111 | 13.53 per 1,000 births | 362 | 44.62 per 1,000 births | 84 | 10.96 per 1,000 births | 210 | 25.12 per 1000 births | 217 | 26.63 per 1000 births | 154 | 20.43 per 1,000 births | 117 | 16.11 per 1,000 births | 106 | 18.16 per 1,000 births | 82 | 15.78 per 1,000 births | 85 | 13.53 per 1,000 births | 153 | 19.80 per 1,000 births |
* Including 2 Malarial Fever.
Ages. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | |||||||||||||
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Diarrhœa | Enteritis, etc | Totals. | Diarrhœa. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhœa. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarihœa. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhœa. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | ||||
Under 1 year | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 47 | 64 | |||
1 to 5 years | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
Over 5 years | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |||
Totals | 10 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 65 | 93 |