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Islington 1914

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

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48
1914 ]
SMALL POX.
No death was registered from Small Pox during the year, nor was a case
of the disease notified.
MEASLES.
Ninety-seven deaths were registered, or four less than in 1913, and 45
less than the average of the preceding ten years. The resulting death-rate was
0.29 per 1,000 of the inhabitants. Six deaths were registered in the first
quarter, 20 in the second, 41 in the third, and 30 in the fourth. The disease
was distributed over the Borough, although Tufnell, Upper Holloway, and
Highbury, in each of which only 4 deaths occurred, suffered least. Further
particulars are given in Table XXXVI. which follows:—

Table: Table XXXVI.Showing theDeathsandDeath-ratesfromMeaslesin theSub Districtsfor eachQuarter and the Year.

Table XXXVI.

Showing theDeathsandDeath-ratesfromMeaslesin theSub Districtsfor each

Quarter and the Year.

Sub-Districts.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Year.
Deaths.Death-rates.Deaths.Death-rates.Deaths.Death-rates.Deaths.Death-rates.Deaths.Death-rates.
Tufnell............40.4740.12
Upper Holloway............40.4240.12
Tollington........10.1440.5450.17
Lower Holloway101010.10141.4550.52210.54
Highbury........30.2110.0740.07
Barnsbury40 30130.9990.6890.69350.66
Islington, South East10 0560.32140.7530.16240.32
The Borough6007200.25410.50300.37970.29

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Once more attention is drawn to the secondary causes of the deaths from
this disease; no less than 73 were ascribed to pneumonia, and 6 to bronchitis,
while altogether the total secondary causes amounted to 90, leaving only 7
deaths which were solely ascribed to Measles. Many of these complications
are due to the parental want of knowledge as to the care necessary to protect
the children.