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Islington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1913
SEPTIC DISEASES.
These include Erysipelas, Pyaemia, Septicaemia, and Puerperal Septic
Infections, and in the aggregate caused 42 deaths, which is 1 less than the
return for 1912, 10 less than that of 1911, and 4 less than the average
mortality of the ten years 1901-1910.
Erysipelas.—Nine deaths were attributed to it, and although the return
is 6 above that for 1912, it is 11 less than the average (20) of the years
1897-1912. Between 1891 and 1901 the average was 39 per annum, which fell
in the next decade (1901-1910) to 26. In 1911 there were 12 entries, and in
1912 5.
Table LII.
Deaths from Erysipelas in the Sub-Districts during the Year 1913.
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | 1 | 0.03 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Upper Holloway | 2 | 0.05 ,, ,, |
| Tollington | 1 | 0.03 ,, ,, |
| Lower Holloway | ... | ... ,, ,, |
| Highbury | ... | ... ,, ,, |
| Barnsbury | 2 | 0.04 ,, ,, |
| Islington, South-East | 3 | 0.04 ,, ,, |
| The Borough | 9 | 0.03 „ ,, |