Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1924
1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | |||||||
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Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death | Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
Enteric Fever | 14 | 0.04 | 5 | 0.01 | 9 | 0.03 | 4 | 0.01 | 7 | 0.02 | 5* | 0.02 |
Small Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0.00 |
Measles | 97 | 0.30 | 153 | 0.48 | 80 | 0.26 | 149 | 0.50 | 114 | 0.39 | 12 | 0.04 |
Scarlet Fever | 23 | 0.07 | 38 | 0.12 | 18 | 0.06 | 4 | 0.01 | 8 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.04 |
Whooping Cough | 83 | 0.20 | 103 | 0.32 | 60 | 0.19 | 45 | 0.15 | 147 | 0.51 | 17 | 0.05 |
Diphtheria | 44 | 0.13 | 57 | 0.18 | 45 | 0.14 | 33 | 0.11 | 45 | 0.16 | 51 | 0.16 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 217 | 26.53 per 1,000 births | 154 | 20.43 per 1,000 births | I 117 | 16.11 per 1,000 births | 106 | 18.16 per 1,000 births | 82 | 15.78 per 1,000 births | 85 | 13.53 per 1,000 births |
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1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | Mean 10 years | 1924 | |||||||
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Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
Enteric Fever | 3* | 0.01 | 1 | 0.00 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0.01 | 4 | 0.01 |
Small Pox | – | – | – | _ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Measles | 92 | 0.27 | 27 | 0.08 | 134 | 0.40 | 16 | 0.05 | 87 | 0.26 | 103 | 0.30 |
Scarlet Fever | 12 | 0.04 | 19 | 0.06 | 29 | 0.09 | 13 | 0.04 | 18 | 0.05 | 10 | 0.03 |
Whooping Cough | 70 | 0.21 | 43 | 0.13 | 98 | 0.29 | 38 | 0.11 | 70 | 0.21 | 57 | 0.17 |
Diphtheria | 135 | 0.40 | 110 | 0.33 | 59 | 0.18 | 21 | 0.06 | 60 | 0.18 | 33 | 0.09 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 77 | 8.19 per 1,000 births | 156 | 19.78 per 1,000 births | 71 | 9.6 per 1,000 births | 103 | 14.51 per 1,000 births | 117 | 16.21 per 1,000 births | 52 | 7.65 per 1,000 births |
* Including 2 Malarial Fever.
1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | |||||||||||
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Diarrhœ. | Enteritis. etc. | Totals. | Diarrhœ. | Enteritis. etc. | Totals. | Diarrhœa | Enteritis. etc. | Totals. | Diarrhœa | Enteritis. etc. | Totals. | Diarrhœa. | Enteritis. etc. | Totals. | |
Under 1 year | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 45 |
1 to 5 years | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Over 5 years | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Totals | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 40 | 60 |