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[1899
First Quarter.—1,681 deaths, equal to a death-rate of 19.28 per
1,000, were registered. Compared with the mean mortality of
20.81 per 1,000 experienced at the same period of the year during
the preceding fourteen years, it must be considered satisfactory,
more especially as it contrasts favourably with the mortality in
the 33 Great Towns, whereof the death-rate was 20'6 per 1,000, and
with the Encircling Districts wherein it was 19.92.
Miasmatic and Developmental diseases, as well as Diseases of
the Urinary System, were more fatal than at any other period of the
year.
Among the Miasmatic diseases Whooping Cough and Influenza
were the chief factors in the mortality, the former causing 61 deaths
and the latter 52; while of the developmental diseases old age was
the ascribed cause of 160 deaths, or 43 more than in any other quarter
of the year, and 72 more than in the corresponding period of the
previous year. This increase was most probably due to Influenza,
which either had not been recognized or had not been entered as the
primary cause of death.
Among the diseases of the urinary system, Bright's Disease was
the registered cause of 11 more deaths than in any of the other
quarters.
Second Quarter.—The return of 1,281 deaths was most satisfactory,
representing a death-rate of only 14.69 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Indeed, this death-rate is so low that it must be considered remarkable
for so large and complex a district as Islington. The deaths
showed a falling off of 139 on the corrected average of fourteen years,
a decrease equal to 1.60 per 1,000 on the mean death rate.
Third Quarter.—The mortality returns showed that 1,572 deaths
were recorded, which was an increase of 156 on the corrected average
of fourteen years. The death-rate was 18.03 or 1.79 per 1,000 above
the mean rate.
The most fatal diseases were those included under the heading
of Diarrhœal and Constitutional diseases, as well as under Diseases
of the Digestive system and "Ill-defined Causes."