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REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1899.
The general health of Islington during the year 1899 was
satisfactory, for I find that its death-rate was better than that
experienced in England and Wales by 0*3 per 1,000, than that in
the 33 Great Towns by 2*4 per 1,000, than that of London by 1*3,
and than that of the Seven Sanitary Areas which encircle it by
i*3 per 1,000.
The zymotic death rate was 2*21 per 1,000, which was the
average rate of the Country, and was below that of the 33 Great
Towns, where it averaged 2'8i, of the 67 other Great Towns in
which it was 2*45, of the Encircling Districts wherein it was 2*53
per 1,000.
The case-rate arising from the notified cases of infectious
disease was 8*44 per 1,000 of the population, as against an average
of 9*53, which obtained in the preceding eight years.
The calculations contained in this report are based on the
following figures.
AREA, POPULATION AND DENSITY OF ISLINGTON.
Area.—Islington covers 3,109 acres, inclusive of canals, railways,
markets and open spaces, while its net area is slightly over
B