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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
The reason that the whole of the Infants' departments was
not closed was that it was found that the class rooms indicated
were those which were alone infected, and I, therefore, concluded
that the necessary protection against infection, and the prevention
of the spread of disease would be obtained by closing only the
infected rooms. The results were entirely satisfactory.
Table XXXVIII.
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week. | Deaths. | Week. | Deaths. | Week. | Deaths. | Week. | Deaths. |
| 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 40 | 1 |
| 2 | — | 15 | 5 | 28 | — | 41 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 42 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 43 | — |
| 5 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 44 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 32 | 3 | 45 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 46 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 47 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 48 | 5 |
| 10 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 49 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 50 | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 25 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 51 | 2 |
| 13 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 52 | 3 |
| Total | 45 | Total | 53 | Total | 26 | Total | 31 |