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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1908

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

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Table:

District.Total Number.Cause of Death.
Natural.Accidents.Suicide.Murder.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury4623167—
Holborn4516236—
Total91393913—

Table: THE PUBLIC MORTUARY, GOLDSMITH STREET. 146 bodies were received (43 being non-parishioners), and on these 81 inquests were held, and 51 post-mortems made.

THE PUBLIC MORTUARY, GOLDSMITH STREET. 146 bodies were received (43 being non-parishioners), and on these 81 inquests were held, and 51 post-mortems made.

District.Bodies Received.Inquests held.Post-mortems.Non-Parishioners.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury69412824
Holborn77402319
Total146815143

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Further details as to the causes of and ages at death are given in Table IV. of
the Appendix.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The number of notifications of infectious diseases in the Borough during 1908
was again small, having been only 316 in comparison with a decennial average of
424. During the past six years the notifications per 1,000 of the population have
been less than for London, and last year were 5.8 per 1,000 in comparison with 7.5
for London.