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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 1899
Forty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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101
[1899
I am unable to compare the mortality of the year with that
which occurred in other places, because the report of the Registrar
General for last year will not be available for a very considerable
time.
The 126 deaths registered in Islington were equal to a death
rate of 0.36 per 1,000 inhabitants, and this, though a very heavy
mortality from this disease, is not quite so bad as that which
attained in the great epidemic year 1891, when all Great Britain
and Ireland suffered in common with Europe and indeed with the
civilized world, and not nearly so bad as the return for 1895.
The disease was fatal during the year in the several sub-registration districts as shown in the following statement:—
| 1 St Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Holloway | 12 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 31 |
| Islington, South-west | 15 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 45 |
| Islington, South-east | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| Highbury | 13 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 30 |
| 52 | 25 | 4 | 45 | 126 |
The resulting death rates which these deaths represent were as follows:—
| ISt Quarter | 2nd Quarter. | 3fd Quarter. | 4th Quarter | Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Holloway | 0.46 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.58 | 0.29 |
| Islington, South-west | 0.55 | 0.48 | — | 0.6i | 0.41 |
| Islington, North-east | 0.70 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.24 | 0.29 |
| Highbury | 0.76 | 0.41 | 0.06 | 0.53 | 0.44 |
| The Parish | 0.6o | 0.29 | 0.05 | 0.38 | 0.36 |
The disease was nearly equally fatal during the year, in proportion
to their population, in Islington South-west and in Highbury,
in which districts the highest death rates were experienced, while
in Upper Holloway and in Islington South-east the death rates
which were exactly on a par with each other were not nearly so
high.