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Islington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| The Encircling Boroughs. | Estimated Populations, 1914. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. | Diphtheria (including Membranous) Croup. | Enteric (Typhoid) Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever.* | Continued Fevers. | Cerebro-Spinal Fever. | Ophthalmia Neonotorium. | Poleomyelitfs. | Total Attack-Rates. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1O | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| St. Pancras | 214.133 | 5.64 | 2.11 | 0.21 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 9.27 | |||
| Stoke Newington | 50,511 | 5.22 | 1.94 | o.o8 | 0.97 | 0.06 | 0.22 | 8.49 | |||||
| Hackney | 223,393 | 3.61 | 2.22 | 0.12 | 1.33 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 7.59 | ||
| Hornsey. | 87,742 | 3.90 | 1.16 | 0.09 | 0.30 | 0.01 | 5.47 | ||||||
| Finsbury. | 84,521 | 5.31 | 1.72 | 0.22 | 1.86 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 9.48 | ||||
| Shoreditch | 109,569 | 3.87 | 2.02 | 0.17 | 1.81 | O.1 2 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 8.20 | ||
| The Encircling) Boroughs | 769,869 | 4.54 | 1.96 | 0.16 | 1.23 | o.o8 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 8.17 | |||
| Increase or Decrease | + 1.15 | + 0.07 | + 0.07 | -0.20 | -1.01 | +0.01 | +1.09 |
* Per 1,000 of the population.