Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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1900]
In the Wards the deaths and approximate death-rates were as shown in the following statement:—
Wards. | Deaths. | Death-rates. |
---|---|---|
Tufnell | 59 | 1•70 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
Upper Holloway. | 62 | 1•60 „ „ |
Tollington | 81 | 2•52 „ „ |
Lower Holloway | 107 | 2•51 „ „ |
West Highbury | 46 | 1•17 „ „ |
East Highbury | 45 | 1•48 „ „ |
Thornhill | 66 | 1•96 „ „ |
Barnsbury | 42 | 1•78 „ „ |
St. Mary's | 17 | 0•94 „ „ |
Canonbury | 49 | 1•86 „ „ |
St. Peter's | 86 | 2•55 „ „ |
Total | 660 | 1•87 „ „ |
The high death-rates in Tollington and Lower Holloway Wards were due to
Measles and Whooping Cough, which were more fatal than in the other Wards.