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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]
In the succeeding Table it will be noticed that there was a
decrease on the average of the preceding fourteen years of mortality
from every zymotic disease except diarrhoea, which showed an
increase of 120.
| Diseases. | Corrected Mean Number of Deaths, 1885-98. | 1899. | Increase or Decrease. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 11 | – | –11 |
| Measles | 215 | 155 | –60 |
| Scarlet Fever | 59 | 33 | –26 |
| Diphtheria | 138 | 120 | –18 |
| Whooping Cough | 199 | 160 | –39 |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | – | –1 |
| Enteric Fever | 50 | 47 | –3 |
| Continued & Ill-defined Fevers | 1 | – | –1 |
| Diarrhœa | 219 | 258 | + 39 |
| The Above Diseases | 893 | 773 | –120 |
The mortality in the Sub-Districts varies from 1.62 per 1,000
in Islington South-East, to 2.69 per 1,000 in Islington South-West.
In Highbury the rate was 1.83, and in Upper Holloway 2.69.
In the Wards the death-rate was lowest in St. Mary's, where
it was 1.23 per 1,000, and in East Highbury where it was 1.24,
while in Thornhill it was 2.77, and in Lower Holloway 2.88.