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Islington 1911

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

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Table XLIII.

ShowingtheCorrected Mean NumberofDeathsfrom the Principal Epidemic Diseases 1885-1910 and in1911.

Diseases.Corrected Average Number of Deaths 1885-1910.1911.Decrease.
Small pox8. .- 8
Measles176124- 52
Scarlet Fever4320- 23
Diphtheria10253- 49
Whooping Cough15270- 82
Typhus Fever.....
Enteric Fever3712- 25
Continued & Ill-defined Fevers1..- 1
Diarrhoea181324+ 143
The above Diseases700603- 97

The following statement shows the position occupied by Islington with respect to the Epidemic Diseases in the country and in the neighbouring metropolitan boroughs.

Epidemic death-rates per 1,000 inhabitants.
England and Wales1.88
77 Great Towns2.29
136 Smaller Towns1.98
Rural Districts1.40
The Encircling Boroughs2.20
The Encircling Boroughs.St. Pancras1.92
Stoke Newington1.60
Hackney1.97
Hornsey0.90
Finsbury3.14
Shoreditch3.17
County of London2.19
Islington1.84