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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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TABLE II.
SHOWING THE DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES AND FROM CERTAIN IMPORTANT DISEASES, AND CLASSES OF DISEASE, IN EACH SANITARY DISTRICT.
| Population, 1861 | Districts. | Total. | Zymotic Diseases. | Tubercular | Diseases. | Under 5 years. | Phthisis. | ltespiratory Diseases. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Hooping Cough. | Diarrhoea, &c. | Fever. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3306 | *1. | Highgate Hill | 83 | 23 | 16 | 29 | n | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| 4418 | *2. | Tufnell | 61 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 2096 | 3. | Belle Isle | 59 | 18 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 9247 | *4. | Lowr. Holloway | 281 | 71 | 39 | 127 | 32 | 56 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 |
| 903 | 5. | Palmer | 18 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 11542 | *6. | Bemerton | 313 | 110 | 49 | 204 | 32 | 58 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 8 | |
| 9039 | 7. | Barnsbury | 201 | 32 | 31 | 75 | 24 | 42 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2793 | 8. | Park Street | 50 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 5202 | 9. | Theberton | 110 | 26 | 15 | 48 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 5826 | 10. | Trinity | 117 | 21 | 17 | 45 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 3892 | 11. | St. Thomas | 89 | 24 | 17 | 41 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2451 | 12. | White Conduit | 68 | 21 | 6 | 34 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 10428 | 13. | Canal | 206 | 74 | 29 | 115 | 21 | 46 | 1 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| 2822 | 14. | Battle Bridge | 64 | 18 | 8 | 37 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | o | |
| 5860 | *15. | Archway | 139 | 32 | 22 | 62 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| 1632 | *16. | Hornsey Rise | 31 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 2097 | *17. | Freehold | 70 | 20 | 9 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2145 | *18. | Hornsey Road | 70 | 19 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 3053 | *19. | Queen's Road | 76 | 18 | 13 | 48 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||
| 2231 | 20. | Highbtiry Hill | 33 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1029 | 21. | Highbury Vale | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 9299 | 22. | Canonbury | 168 | 28 | 21 | 59 | 14 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| 3711 | *23. | Rydon | 51 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2176 | *24. | Mildmay | 71 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 4431 | 25. | Kingsland | 120 | 31 | 18 | 51 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 3041 | 26. | Balls Pond | 91 | 26 | 12 | 44 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| 3739 | *27. | Market | 84 | 12 | 20 | 33 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 5700 | 28. | Rotherfield | 148 | 42 | 28 | 77 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 |
| 2685 | 29. | Church | 66 | 15 | 6 | 32 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 10539 | 30. | Lower Road | 255 | 70 | 36 | 120 | 26 | 52 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
| 5411 | *31. | Shepherdess | 161 | 42 | 27 | 68 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 5 | ||
| 5609 | 32. | St. Peter's | 118 | 26 | 16 | 57 | 12 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 819 | 33. | Duncan | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1042 | 34. | Irish Courts | 33 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2979 | 35. | City Road | 70 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
* Districts in which building was in progress at tho timo of the Census.