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Islington with its death-rate of 1.67 from Diarrhoea contrasted very
favourably with London whose death-rate was 2.41, and with the 33 great
towns whose death-rate was 3.41. The highest rate among individual
great towns was attained at Hull, where it was 7.94, whilst the lowest was
at Swansea with 1.07 per 1,000.
I may remark that since 1884 Diarrhoea had not been so fatally
prevalent in England and Wales as in this third quarter of 1895.
Puerperal Fever.—Only four deaths of women from Puerperal
Fever were registered after 2,348 confinements, so that out of every
1,000 child-births only 170 women died.
Influenza.—Only one death from Influenza, that of a woman aged
under 35, was known in the Parish; it was registered in South-west
Islington. In the preceding quarter 29 deaths were certified, while in the
corresponding quarter 4 were entered in the registers.
Phthisis.—The deaths from Phthisis numbered 117, which were
equal annually to a death-rate of 1-39 per 1,000 inhabitants. In the
corresponding quarter of 1894 113 deaths were registered, the death-rate
being 1.35.
There were 28 deaths in Upper Holloway, 38 in Islington Southwest,
25 in Islington South-east, and 26 in Highbury.
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
This third quarter has been the healthiest third quarter of the year,
so far as the notifiable infectious diseases are concerned, since 1891, as
there were only 770 cases of infectious sickness reported. These were
equal to an annual sickness rate of 8.41 per 1,000 inhabitants. The
sickness rate in London was equal to 11.65 per 1,000 inhabitants per
annum.