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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 1894

Thirty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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Table: In Highbury 108 deaths were reported, viz.:—

In Highbury 108 deaths were reported, viz.:—

1894.1893.
Measles1715
Scarlet Fever521
Diphtheria3219
Whooping Cough3528
Enteric Fever79
Diarrhœa1222
Total108114

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The death rate was 1.75 as against 1.86 per 1,000 inhabitants in
1893.

Table: Table XII.Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of the deaths of Parish Patients in Hospitals outside the District.

Table XII.

Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of the deaths of Parish Patients in Hospitals outside the District.

DISTRICTS.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric (TyphoidFever)Diarrhœa.totals.
Upper Holloway163237044..733231
South-west2106276979..1227322
South-east..23143730..1021135
Highbury..1753235..712108
Totals319969208188..3693796

Table: Table XIII.Death rates from the principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of the deaths of Parish Patients in Hospitals outside the District.

Table XIII.

Death rates from the principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of the deaths of Parish Patients in Hospitals outside the District.

districts.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric (typhoid Fever)Diarrhoea.TOTAL DEATH RATE.
Upper Holloway0.010.540.230.710.44..0.070.332.36
South-west0.010.980.250.640.73..0.110.253.00
South-east..0.350.210.560.46..0.150.322.07
Highbury..0.270.080.510.56..0.110.191.75
Death-rates0.000.590.200.620.56..0.100.282.39