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Islington 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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[1910

Table XLVII. Showing the Death-rates from All Causes, from the principal Epidemic Diseases, together with the Infantile Mortality, in the Country, in the Populous Towns, in Towns whose Populations exceed 300,000 inhabitants, in the Encircling Boroughs, and in Islington.

All Causes.Principal Epidemic Diseases (Cols. 3-9).Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.DiarrhoeaDeaths under 1 Year to 1,000 Births.
Cols.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.
England and Wales ..13.40.990.000.230.060.120.240.050.29106
77 Great Towns13.41.230.000.310.080.120.290.050.38115
136 Smaller Towns12.40.880.000.160.060.110.240.050.26104
England and Wales less the 213 Towns13.60.740.000.150.050.120.170.050.2096
London12.71.14..0.410.040.090.280.040.28103
Bristol11.50.59..0.080.030.100.170.020.1990
Birmingham13.71.12..0.070.140.110.370.040.39130
Liverpool17.72.28..0.600.220.130.580.050.70140
Manchester16.11.79..0.400.110.140.560.090.49131
Leeds13.71.28..0.320.080.140.310.040.39132
Sheffield13.41.500.000.250.070.080.390.040.67127
St. Pancras13.81.39..0.590.070.090.400.020.22102
Stoke Newington11.00.58..0.200.020.040.130.040.1564
Hackney11.70.84..0.280.020.030.250.040.2298
Hornsey7.70.39..0.010.040.080.120.030.1170
Finsbury17.61.92..0.700.040.220.380.050.53123
Shoreditch16.71.90..0.740.040.120.400.070.53146
Encircling Boroughs13.01.19..0. 440.040.090.300.040.28106
Islington13.81.30..0.510.030.100.380.050.2395

* These are the death-rates published by the Registrar-General, and, with the exception
of those for Islington, are not corrected for the new Census.