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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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1899

Table: DEATHS. The mortality returns are higher than at any period during the preceding five years. The deaths numbered 6,293, of which 3,217 were those of males and 3,076 females, and are 89 above the corrected mean of the preceding fourteen years.

DEATHS. The mortality returns are higher than at any period during the preceding five years. The deaths numbered 6,293, of which 3,217 were those of males and 3,076 females, and are 89 above the corrected mean of the preceding fourteen years.

Years.Deaths.Deaths per 1000 population.
18855,74019.3
18865,43418.0
18875,69918.7
18885,19716.8
18895,03516.1
18906,19819.2
18916,32619.8
18926,07518.8
18936,39119.5
18945,26315.9
18955,76017.2
18965,88417.1
18975,39515.8
18985,70516.5
Mean5,71817.78
Corrected Mean6,20117.78
18996,29318.04
Increase on corrected mean890.26

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The death-rate of Islington, a very large urban district, much
congested, is, however, lower than that of the country (England
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