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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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51
[1899
DEATHS FROM THE ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE
SUB-DISTRICTS.
Upper Holloway.
| Zymotic Diseases. | 1891. Deaths. | 1892. Deaths. | 1893. Deaths. | 1894. Deaths. | 1895. Deaths. | 1896 Deaths. | 1897. Deaths. | 1898. Deaths. | Mean Eight Yrs. | 1899. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death. rates | ||||||||||
| Small Pox | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| Measles | 70 | 38 | 24 | 53 | 27 | 53 | 38 | 91 | 49 | 44 | 0.42 |
| Scarlet Fever | 22 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0.04 |
| Diphtheria | 87 | 77 | 54 | 70 | 49 | 86 | 49 | 18 | 61 | 67 | 0.65 |
| Whooping Cough. | 74 | 39 | 50 | 44 | 16 | 87 | 28 | 43 | 48 | 35 | 0.34 |
| Typhus Fever | 2 | 10 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 10 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 0.17 |
| Continued and Ill-defined Fevers ) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | _ |
| Diarrhœa | 41 | 51 | 79 | 33 | 77 | 50 | 26 | 75 | 54 | ||
| Total | 306 | 238 | 246 | 231 | 199 | 307 | 173 | 245 | 243 | 244 | 2.35 |
Islington South-West.
| Zymotic Diseases. | 1891. Deaths. | 1892. Deaths. | 1893. Deaths. | 1894. Deaths. | 1895. Deaths. | 18%. Deaths. | 1897. Deaths. | 1898. Deaths. | I Mean Eight Yrs. | 1899. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | Death-. rates. | ||||||||||
| Small Pox | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 77 | 65 | 56 | 106 | 64 | 141 | 26 | 152 | 86 | 59 | 0.54 |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 12 | 40 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 0.16 |
| Diphtheria | 25 | 23 | 68 | 69 | 43 | 95 | 36 | 30 | 49 | 20 | 0.18 |
| Whooping Cough.. | 87 | 51 | 73 | 79 | 37 | 66 | 46 | 63 | 63 | 73 | 0.67 |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 0.11 |
| Continued and Ill-defined Fevers | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Diarrhœa | 57 | 59 | 89 | 29 | 66 | 48 | 75 | 109 | 456 | 112 | 1.03 |
| Total | 273 | 227 | 341 | 324 | 243 | 380 | 217 | 369 | 297 | 293 | 2.69 |