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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]
MEASLES.
Measles caused 155 deaths, as against 325 registered in 1898,
and compared with a corrected average of 216 during the years
1885-98.
The death-rate was 0.44 per 1,000 inhabitants, as against an
average rate of o.65 in the years 1885-98. It is higher than that
which generally obtained in the country, although it has been
exceeded in some of the largest towns.
England and Wales 0.31 per 1,000 inhabitants.
33 Great Towns 0.46 „ „
67 Other Large Towns 0.28 „ ,,
Rural England & Wales 0.21„ „
London 0.47 ,, „
Birmingham 0.38 „ „
Liverpool 0.50 „ Manchester 1.30 „ „
Leeds 0.37„ „
Sheffield 0.61 „ „
Islington 0.44 ,, „
In past years Measles has obtained as follows :—
Quinquennial
Periods.
Deaths.
Mean
Populations.
Death
Rates.
1856-60
424
136,132
0.63
1861-65
457
167,076
0.55
1866-70
514
195,982
0.52
1871-75
633
227,798
0.56
1876-80
629
261,970
0.48
1881-85
898
290.750
0.62
1886-90
924
308,963
0.60
1891-95
856
326,988
0.52
1896-99
865
343,180
0.63
(4 years).