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Islington 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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| Barnsbury | Houses. | Cases. | Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half-Moon Crescent | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Edward Street | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Payne Street | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| St. Mary's. | |||
| Halton Road | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Florence Street | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Upper Street | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| St. Peters. | |||
| Packington Street | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Popham Road | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Hayes Place | 2 | 2 | 0 |
In the Canonbury Ward single cases alone occurred.
I lay before you a Table (No. II.) of the 1000 cases of the
disease which have come to my knowledge, and also a Table
(No. III.) of the 181 deaths that occurred during the 59 weeks of
the visitation.
These statistics show a general mortality of 18.1 per cent.:
the mortality amongst our Hospital cases being 15.5 per cent., and
amongst the cases treated at their own homes, 20.5 per cent.
This difference is somewhat remarkable; but if we exclude
the deaths of infants under one year, which nearly all occurred
at home, the latter per centage is reduced to 17.1 per cent.
Of the 1,000 persons attacked, as will be seen by the Table
of Sickness, 106, or 10.6 per cent., were unvaccinated; and 894,
or 89.4 per cent., were reported as vaccinated or doubtful.
Of the 181 persons who died, 59, or 32.5 per cent., were
unvaccinated ; and 122, or 67.4 per cent., were vaccinated.
The mortality amongst the unvaccinated persons attacked was
55.6 per cent.; and amongst the vaccinated or doubtful 13.6 per
cent.; so that if the vaccinated had died in the same proportion as