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Islington 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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140
1912]
Tufnell.
Upper
Holloway.
Tollington.
Lower
Holloway.
Highbury.
Barnsbury.
Islington,
South-East.
The
Borough.
Cases notified by Doctor 1 2 — 1 2 5 5 16
Patient delivered by Doctor — 1 — 1 2 4 4 *12
,, „ by Midwife 1 — — — — 1 1 3
Cases inquired into 1 2 — 1 2 5 5 16
„ treated in Hospital 1 2 — 1 1 3 1 9
„ treated at home — — — — 1 2 4 7
*One patient was confined unattended.
The following statement gives the number of the cases and deaths,
together with the fatality rate during the last twenty-two years:—
Years.
Cases.
Deaths.
Fatality.
1891
33
8
24.2
1892
51
23
45.1
1893
38
13
34.2
1894
23
8
34.8
1895
22
12
54.5
1896
30
11
36.7
1897
27
10
37.0
1898
19
7
36.8
1899
33
14
42.4
1900
16
6
37.5
1901
34
15
44.1
1902
22
12
54.5
1903
19
9
47.3
1904
25
14
56.0
1905
24
6
25.0
1906
25
11
44.0
1907
21
8
38.1
1908
17
4
23.5
1909
14
7
50.0
1910
20
8
40.0
1911
14
7
50.0
1912
16
2
12.5
SUMMARY IN QUINQUENNIAL PERIODS.
Years.
Cases.
Deaths.
Fatality.
1891—1895
167
64
38.3
1896—1900
125
48
38.4
1901—1905
124
56
45.1
1906—1910
97
38
39.1