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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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Islington South-East.
Zymotic Diseases. 1891. Deaths. 1892. Deaths. 1893. Deaths. 1894. Deaths. 1895. Deaths. 1896. Deaths. 1897. Deaths. 1898. Deaths. Mean Eight Yrs. 1899.
| Small Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 28 | 47 | 24 | 23 | 34 | 54 | 21 | 53 | 35 | 18 | 0.26 |
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0.40 |
| Diphtheria | 19 | 14 | 48 | 37 | 27 | 36 | 13 | 29 | 28 | 17 | 0.25 |
| Whooping Cough. | 31 | 39 | 30 | 30 | 17 | 49 | 31 | 34 | 33 | 27 | 0.40 |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0.08 |
| Continued and ill-defined Fevers | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diarrhœa | 28 | 31 | 47 | 21 | 32 | 31 | 39 | 43 | 34 | 40 | 0.59 |
| Total | 118 | 155 | 172 | 135 | 130 | 192 | 132 | 173 | 151 | 111 | 1.62 |
Highbury.
Highbury
| Zymotic Diseases. | 1891. Deaths. | 1892. Deaths. | 1893. Deaths. | 1894. Deaths. | 1895. Deaths. | 18%. Deaths. | 1897. Deaths. | 1898. Deaths. | Mean Eight Yrs. | 1899. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death-rates. | ||||||||||
| Small Pox . | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 32 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 40 | 12 | 29 | 22 | 34 | 0.49 |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 8 | 21 | 5 | n | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9. | 9 | 0.13 |
| Diphtheria | 25 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 18 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 0.23 |
| Whooping Cough. | 44 | 22 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 32 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 037 |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 0 16 |
| Continued and Ill-defined Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diarrhœa | 23 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 56 | 26 | 30 | 0.44 |
| Total | 136 | 93 | 114 | 108 | 71 | 149 | 100 | 143 | 114 | 125 | 1.83 |