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Islington 1899

Forty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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TABLE I. (Local Government Board Return). Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1899, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Islington; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Sub-Districts.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several localities for treatment in isolation Hospitals.
Last Census 1896.Estimated to middle of 1899.1234567891011121312345678910111213
Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FeversCholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Fevers.Choiera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.RelapsingPuerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing.Puerperal.
Upper Holloway98,682103,7322792Under 5..951244..5......15......66781..4..............
5 upwds2313206....106....7280••....213121....73....4..8....
Islington, South West107,457108,5933,269Under 5..136598..3........8......106433..1........2....
5 upwds..30372....801..16..114......23651....58....5..20....
Islington, South East66,67168,1721,946Under 51109562..1........11......9134....2........1....
5 upwds..197761..301..3..58......16148....16....1..7....
Highbury64,85168,2341,651Under 5..74282..1........3......58131..1..............
5 upwds..22062....65....2..35......15633....35....1..8....
Public Institutions......Under 5....................................................
5 upwds..475....62....5..36......465....60....2..28....
Totals337,661348,7319,658Under 5141426716..10......127......3211685..8........3....
5 upwds21,0804211..3432..332323......812258....242....13..71....