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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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Table: Table XCIII.Showing the number of Patients per 100 cases who were removed to Hospital, together with the Fatality among all cases, among cases treated at Home and in Public Institutions.

Table XCIII.Showing the number of Patients per 100 cases who were removed to Hospital, together with the Fatality among all cases, among cases treated at Home and in Public Institutions.

Diseases.Per-centage of Cases notified Treated at Home.Per-centage of Cases notified Treated in Hospital.
Cases.Per-centage.Cases.Per-centage.
Small Pox3100.0....
Scarlet Fever36124.2113375.8
Diphtheria26238.142661.9
Membranous Croup1270.6529.4
Enteric Fever10329.225070.8
Typhus Fever........
Erysipelas27678.97421.1
Puerperal Fever2060.61339.4
Continued Fever2100.0....
Relapsing Fever........
Cholera3100.0....
Total104235.4190164.6

Table: Cases of Diphtheria Nursed in Hospital.

Cases of Diphtheria Nursed in Hospital.

Quarter.Cases.Deaths.Fatality.
ISt69811.6
2nd67710.4
3rd1513422.5
4th1392014.4
The Year4266916.2
Cases of Diphtheria Nursed at Home.
Quarter.Cases.DeathsFatality
ISt4748.5
2nd40615.0
3rd851214.1
4th902932.2
The Year2625119.4