Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Seventy-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1926]
1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | |||||||
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Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
Enteric Fever | 9 | 003 | 4 | 0.01 | 7 | 0.02 | 5* | 0.02 | 3* | 0.01 | 1 | 0.00 |
Small Pox | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0.00 | . | . | . | . |
Measles | 80 | 0.26 | 149 | 0.50 | 114 | 0.39 | 12 | 0.04 | 92 | 0.27 | 27 | 0.08 |
Scarlet Fever | 18 | 0.06 | 4 | 0.01 | 8 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.04 | 12 | 0.04 | 19 | 0.06 |
Whooping Cough | 60 | 0.19 | 45 | 0.15 | 147 | 0.51 | 17 | 0.05 | 70 | 0.21 | 43 | 0.13 |
Diphtheria | 45 | 0.14 | 33 | 0.11 | 45 | 0.16 | 51 | 0.16 | 135 | 0.40 | 110 | 0.33 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 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 | 77 | 8.19 per 1,000 births | 156 | 19.78 per 1,000 births |
1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | Mean 10 years | 1926 | |||||||
Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0.01 | 4 | 0.01 | 4 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.00 |
Small pox | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | —_ | — |
Measles | 134 | 0.40 | 16 | 0.05 | 103 | 0.30 | 22 | 0.06 | 75 | 0.23 | 69 | 0.20 |
Scarlet Fever | 29 | 0.09 | 13 | 0.04 | 10 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.02 | 13 | 0.04 | 12 | 0.03 |
Whooping Cough | 98 | 0.29 | 38 | 0.11 | 57 | 0.17 | 61 | 0.20 | 64 | 0.20 | 29 | 0.09 |
Diphtheria | 59 | 0.18 | 21 | 0.06 | 33 | 0.09 | 21 | 0.06 | 55 | 0.17 | 31 | 0.09 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 71 | 9.46 per 1,000 births | 103 | 14.51 per 1,000 births | 52 | 7.65 per 1,000 births | 69 | 10.54 per 1,000 births | 92j | 13.16 per 1,000 births | 69 | 10.68 per 1,000 births |
* Including 2 Malarial Fever.
Ages. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | ||||||||||
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Diarrha. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | |
Under 1 year | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 45 | 73 |
1 to 5 years | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | _ | 1 | 1 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||
Totals | 4 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 53 | 82 |