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Islington 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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69 [1907
Table XLII.
Table XLI.
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week. | Deaths. | Week. | Deaths. | Week | Deaths. | Week. | Deaths. |
| 1 | .. | 14 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 40 | 1 |
| 2 | .. | 15 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 41 | .. |
| 3 | .. | 16 | 5 | 29 | 6 | 42 | 1 |
| 4 | .. | 17 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 43 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 44 | 1 |
| 6 | .. | 19 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 45 | 2 |
| 7 | .. | 20 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 46 | 2 |
| 8 | .. | 21 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 47 | 3 |
| 9 | .. | 22 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 48 | 3 |
| 10 | .. | 23 | 7 | 36 | 5 | 49 | 5 |
| 11 | .. | 24 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 50 | 2 |
| 12 | .. | 25 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 51 | 2 |
| 13 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 39 | .. | 52 | 3 |
| 13 weeks | 4 | 13 weeks | 56 | 13 weeks | 44 | 13 weeks | 26 |
SCARLET FEVER.
Only 24 deaths, or 60 below the corrected average of the preceding ten
years, were registered from Scarlet Fever in 1907, which, taking the increased
population, is the smallest number hitherto registered in the borough. It is
true that in 1900 and again in 1903 the same number of deaths obtained, but
these would represent about 25 in the estimated population of last year. The
return is also 13 below that of the preceding year, and 26 less than the corrected
average of the preceding twenty-one years. The record for these years
is interesting. During the five years 1886-90 the number of deaths
averaged 51; in the succeeding five years, 1891-5, the number rose to 66 per
annum; in the next quinquennial period 1896-1900 they averaged 40; while in
the quinquennium 1901-5 the average fell to 33; and in the two following years
1906 and 1907, they numbered respectively 37 and 24. Thus we see that there
has been a steady decline in the mortality since the end of the quinquennium
1891-95.