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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 1900
Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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Table XXIX. Showing the Deaths from the Principal Zymotic Diseases in the several Wards during the Year 1900.
| WARDS | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued and Ill-defined Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total Zymotic Deaths. | Death-rates from Zymotic Diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | ... | 8 | 2 | 15 | 13 | ... | 6 | ... | 15 | 59 | 1•70 |
| Upper Holloway. | ... | 11 | 1 | 11 | 13 | ... | 7 | ... | 19 | 62 | 1•60 |
| Tollington | ... | 15 | 5 | 3 | 20 | ... | 6 | ... | 32 | 81 | 2•52 |
| Lower Holloway | ... | 45 | 2 | 14 | 21 | ... | 7 | ... | 18 | 107 | 2•51 |
| West Highbury | ... | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | 20 | 46 | 1•17 |
| East Highbury | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | ... | 7 | ... | 9 | 45 | 1•48 |
| Thornhill | ... | 19 | 1 | 6 | 18 | ... | 8 | ... | 24 | 66 | 1•96 |
| Barnsbury | ... | 11 | 3 | 10 | 6 | ... | 2 | ... | 10 | 42 | 1•78 |
| St. Mary's | ... | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 17 | 0•94 |
| Canonbury | ... | 7 | 2 | 11 | 14 | ... | 1 | l | 13 | 49 | 1•86 |
| St. Peter's | ... | 28 | 3 | 15 | 20 | ... | 3 | l | 16 | 86 | 2•55 |
| Totals | 1 | 159 | 24 | 106 | 142 | ... | 46 | 2 | 180 | 660 | 1•87 |