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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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Table:

1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter4th Quarter.The Year.
Under 1 year151948208
1 to 5 years—229233
Over 5 „——13417
Totals1723614258

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Unfortunately these are not all the deaths that should be
ascribed to Diarrhcea, for it is a well known fact, and one too to
which the Royal College of Physicians of London, the report
of whose Special Committee I append, have this year drawn
attention, that many deaths which should rightly be returned as from
Diarrhœa are certified as Enteritis, Gastro-enteritis, Mucoenteritis,
and Gastric Catarrh, and are, therefore, entered as
Diseases of the Digestive System, and consequently are not included
under the heading of Zymotic Diseases.

Table: In the returns for the year I find that some 236 deaths were so returned. They occurred as follows:—

In the returns for the year I find that some 236 deaths were so returned. They occurred as follows:—

1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter,4th Quarter.The Year.
Under 1 year121013515172
1 to 5 years2323432
Over 5 years2517832
Total161817527236

Table: Frequently, too, many deaths are included under the heading of Debility and Marasmus and Atrophy, which rightly might have been ascribed to Diarrhcea. The returns from these have been as follows:—

Frequently, too, many deaths are included under the heading of Debility and Marasmus and Atrophy, which rightly might have been ascribed to Diarrhcea. The returns from these have been as follows:—

1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.The Year.
Under 1 year62398260243
1 to 5 years221510
Over 5 years———11
Total64418366254

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Since, however, the Royal College of Physicians says nothing of
the latter diseases, which it will be noticed are abnormally fatal in
the Summer quarter, I will not pursue the subject further beyond