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55 [1910
Table XXIX.
Showing the Corrected Mean Number of Deaths from the Principal
Epidemic Diseases. 1885-1909 and in 1910
Diseases.
Corrected Average
Number of Deatbs
1885-1909.
1910.
Decrease.
Small pox
8
..
- 8
Measles
176
166
- 10
Scarlet Fever
44
11
- 33
Diphtheria
105
34
- 71
Whooping Cough
153
124
- 29
Typhus Fever
1
..
-1
Enteric Fever
38
17
- 21
Continued & Ill-defined Fevers
1
..
1
Diarrhoea
185
76
- 109
The above Diseases
711
428
- 283
The following statement shows the position occupied by Islington with
respect to the Epidemic Diseases in the country and in the neighbouring
metroDolitan boroughs.
Epidemic Epidemic
death-rates death-rates
per 1,000 per 1,000
inhabitants. inhabitants.
England and Wales 0.99
77 Great Towns 1.23
136 Smaller Towns o.88
Rural Districts 0.74
The Encircling Boroughs rig
The
Encircling
Boroughs.
St. Pancras 1.39
Stoke Newington 0.58
Hackney . 0.84
Hornsey 0.39
Finsbury 1.92 Shoreditch 1.90
County of
London
West London Districts 0.90
North „ „ 1.04
Central „ „ 1.45
East fl rr 1 .47
South „ „ 1.15
County of London 1.14
Islington 1.80
Epidemic
death-rates
per 1,000
inhabitants.
West Ham 1.20
Bristol 0.59
Birmingham 1.12
Nottingham 1.10
Liverpool 2.28
Manchester 1.79
Epidemic
death-rates
per 1,000
inhabitants.
Salford 1.70
Bradford 1.25
Leeds 1.28
Sheffield 1.50
Hull 1.76
Islington 1 .30