Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1911
Table LXIX.
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.
Co 1s. | All Causes. | Principal Epidemic Diseases (Cols. 3-9). | Enteric Fever. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Deaths under 1 Year to 1,000 Births. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6 | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | |
England and Wales | 14.6 | 1.88 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.13 | 1.06 | 130 |
77 Great Towns | 15.5 | 2.29 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.06 | 0.24 | 0.15 | 1.31 | 140 |
136 Smaller Towns | 13.8 | 1.98 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.06 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 1.14 | 133 |
England and Wales less the 213 Towns | 13.9 | 1.40 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.77 | 118 |
London | 15.0 | 2.19 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.04 | 0.23 | 0.14 | 1.18 | 128 |
Bristol | 15.1 | 2.01 | 0.04 | .. | 0.46 | 0.04 | 0.40 | 0.11 | 0.96 | 141 |
Birmingham | 16.8 | 2.74 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 1.68 | 164 |
Liverpool | 20.0 | 3.06 | 0.04 | .. | 0.42 | 0.17 | 0.31 | 0.17 | 1.95 | 154 |
Manchester | 17.0 | 2.44 | 0.07 | .. | 0.47 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 1.52 | 154 |
Leeds | 16. 4 | 2.27 | 0.05 | .. | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 1.27 | 158 |
Sheffield | 16.1 | 3.27 | 0.07 | .. | 1.74 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 1.17 | 140 |
St. Pancras | 15.5 | 1.92 | 0.03 | .. | 0.50 | 0.05 | 0.25 | 0.17 | 0.92 | 122 |
Stoke Newington | 13.0 | 1.60 | 0.02 | .. | 0.55 | 0.06 | 0.36 | 0.06 | 0.55 | 107 |
Hackney | 14.3 | 1.97 | 0.03 | .. | 0.66 | 0.05 | 0.26 | 0.09 | 0.88 | 115 |
Hornsey | 9.5 | 0.90 | 0.01 | .. | 0.24 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.42 | 80 |
Finsbury | 19.7 | 3.14 | 0.09 | .. | 0.90 | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.19 | 1.62 | 128 |
Shoreditch | 20.0 | 3.71 | 0.01 | .. | 1.15 | 0.05 | 0.29 | 0.22 | 1.99 | 177 |
Encircling Boroughs | 15.4 | 2.20 | 0.03 | .. | 0.66 | 0.05 | 0.26 | 0.14 | 1.06 | 127 |
Islington | 14.7 | 1.96 | 0.04 | .. | 0.38 | 0.06 | 0.21 | 0.16 | 1.11 | 129 |