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[1905
Table XXVII.
Showing the Corrected Mean Number of Deaths from the principal
Epidemic Diseases, 1885-1904, and in 1905.
Diseases.
Corrected Average,
Number of Deaths
1885-1904.
1905.
Increase or
Decrease.
Small Pox
11
1
- 10
Measles
193
123
— 70
Scarlet Fever
49
37
— 12
Diphtheria
127
34
— 93
Whooping Cough
177
111
— 66
Typhus Fever
1
..
— 1
Enteric Fever
45
17
— 28
Continued & Ill-defined Fevers
1
..
— 1
Diarrhoea
205
206
+ 1
The Above Diseases
809
529
— 280
The following statement shows the position occupied by Islington in the
country:—
Epidemic
death-rate.
England and Wales 1*52 per 1,000 inhabitants.
76 Great Towns ... ... r88 „ ,,
141 Smaller Towns ... i"5o „ ,,
Rural Districts ... ... i-og ,, ,,
/St. Pancras... ... i'5o „ „
Stoke Newington "... i" 14 „ „
^73 ^ I Hackney ... ... 1*98 „ „
t-1 o 2 I Hornsey ... ... o"46 „ „
W ® Finsbury ... ... 2*17 „ „
\Shoreditch ... ... 2"g6 „ „
The Encircling Boroughs 179 „
,West London Districts i"52 „ „
° g North „ „ i*44
' f \
c •< Central „ „ 1-63 „ „
3 0
i-J East „ „ 2,6o ,, „
South „ „ 1*55 „ „
County of London ... 1.70 „ „
Islington 1"54 „ „