Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington.

  • Islington (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1910
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Credit: Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    70 1909] It is noteworthy that there was little or no measles in the Borough after the annual summer vacation, from which it might be inferred that the annual closure of the schools had put a stop to the epidemic. The returns, however, show that prior to the holidays the disease had practically worn itself out, so that instead of 10, 12 or more deaths being registered in a week, only 1 or none had been known, which proves that in this instance at all events, the school closure had had nothing to do with the cessation of the epidemic. Full tables are given to show the deaths and death rates in the several quarters for the sub-districts and for the neighbouring boroughs as are also tables showing the secondary causes of death, the progress of the disease from week to week and its past records in the several quarters of the ten years 1899-1908. Table XXXIX. Showing the Deaths from Measles in the Sub Districts for each Quarter. Sub-Districts. 1st Quarter. 2nd Quarter. 3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter. Whole Year. Tufnell 3 10 .. .. 13 Upper Holloway 9 17 1 2 29 Tollington 2 4 1 1 8 Lower Holloway 19 15 3 .. 37 Highbury 15 9 .. 1 25 Barnsbury 12 3 2 .. 17 Islington, South East 29 36 3 .. 68 The Borough 89 94 10 4 197 Table XL. Showing the Death-rates from Measles of the Sub-Districts for each Quarter. Sub-Districts. 1st Quarter. 2nd Quarter. 3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter. Whole Year. Tufnell 0.34 1.13 .. .. 0.37 Upper Holloway 0.96 1.82 0.11 0.21 0.77 Tollington 0.21 0.43 0.11 0.11 0.21 Lower Holloway 1.81 1.43 0.29 .. 0.88 Highbury 0.87 0.52 .. 0.06 0.36 Barnsbury 0.89 0.22 0.15 .. 0.31 Islington, South East 1.51 1.87 0.16 .. 0.88 The Borough 1.01 1.07 0.11 0.05 0.56
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