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[1899
INFLUENZA.
This disease, than which there is hardly any more infectious
or leaves behind it such a stricken body as it does when
it assumes an epidemic form, was more fatal than in any of the
three years immediately preceding. It caused 126 deaths, the
major portion of which was registered in the first and fourth
quarters of the year. Thus in the first quarter it caused 52 deaths,
in the second 25, in the third 4, and in the fourth 45.
Ever since the great epidemic of 1889-90 Islington cannot be
said to have been free from Influenza, for as a matter of fact there
has not been a single quarter of any year in which deaths have not
been registered from it. Sometimes, it is true, the deaths have
been as few as 4, but on the other hand there have been as many
as 60, 137, and even 159 registered in the short period of three
months. These facts can be seen in the following tabular statement:—
Years.
Quarters.
First.
Second.
Third.
Fourth.
Totals.
1891 3 159 15 7 184
1892 159 9 9 4 181
1893 31 23 9 60 123
1894 31 3 4 13 51
1895 137 29 4 9 279
1896 13 5 6 9 33
1897 14 11 4 18 47
1898 41 13 4 7 65
Corrected Average 65 33 7 17 122
1899 52 25 4 45 126