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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 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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TABLE No. I.
Table shewing Population, Number of Deaths, Death Rate, Deaths and Deaths per cent. from Zymotic Diseases, Phthisis, Diseases of Respiratory Organs, and also of Children under 5 years in Islington, since 1856.
| Population in the Middle of the year. | Deaths from all causes, exclusive of nonresidents. | Death rate per 1000 in Islington. | Death rate per 1000 in London. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases and their percentage of total Deaths. | Deaths from diseases of Respiratory Organs, (except Phthisis) and their percentage of total Deaths. | Deaths from Phthisis and percentage of total Deaths. | Deaths of Children under 5 and percentage of total deaths. | REMARKS. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1856 | 125,335 | 2294 | 18.9 | 22.0 | 542=23.6 | 392=17.0 | 273=11.4 | 1066=46.4 | |
| 1857 | 131,335 | 2410 | 17.7 | 22.8 | 553=22.9 | 422=17.5 | 294=12.2 | 1108=45.9 | |
| 1858 | 137,337 | 2642 | 19.2 | 22.6 | 721=27.2 | 494=18.6 | 316=11.9 | 1238=46.8 | |
| 1859 | 143,338 | 2670 | 18 6 | 22.3 | 746=27.9 | 375=14.0 | 338=12.6 | 1215=45.5 | Small Pox. |
| 1860 | 149,339 | 2845 | 19.05 | 24.4 | 663=23.2 | 622=21.8 | 313=11.0 | 1382=48.5 | Small Pox. |
| 1861 | 155,341 | 2941 | 18.7 | 33.2 | 846=28.7 | 457=15.5 | 329=11.1 | 1405=47.7 | Hooping Cough. |
| 1862 | 161,679 | 3010 | 18.6 | 23.4 | 849=28.2 | 478=15.8 | 320=10.6 | 1361=45.2 | Measles. |
| 1863 | 166,922 | 3854 | 23.0 | 24.6 | 1356=35.1 | 619=16.0 | 391=10.1 | 1885=48 9 | Small Pox, Scarlet Fever, Hooping Cough. |
| 1864 | 172,336 | 3843 | 22.3 | 26.4 | 977=25.4 | 794=20.6 | 408=10.6 | 1715=44.6 | Measles, Small Pox. |
| 1865 | 177,925 | 3813 | 21.4 | 24.6 | 1015=26.6 | 675=17. 6 | 438=11.4 | 1781=46.7 | Hooping Cough, Small Pox. |
| 1866 | 183,695 | 4172 | 22.6 | 26.5 | 1127=27.0 | 692=16.5 | 477=11.4 | 205 0=481 | Cholera, Measles, Hooping Cough, & Small Pox. |
| 1867 | 189,652 | 3760 | 19.7 | 23.0 | 838=22.2 | 791=21.0 | 415=11.0 | 1791=47.6 | Scarlet Fever and Small Pox. |
| 1868 | 195,802 | 4210 | 21.4 | 23.5 | 1143=27.3 | 737=17.5 | 458=10.8 | 2043=48.5 | Scarlet Fever, Measles, Hooping Cough, & Small Pox. |
| 1869 | 202,152 | 4265 | 21.1 | 24.7 | 1225=28.9 | 796=18 6 | 435=10 2 | 2125=49.8 | Scarlet Fever (severe), Hooping Cough, & Relapsing Fever. |
| 1870 | 209,057 | 4370 | 20.9 | 24.1 | 1305=29.8 | 818=18.7 | 461=10.5 | 2018=43.3 | Scarlet Fever, Small Pox. |
| 1871 | 214,932 | 4626 | 21.5 | 24.7 | 1351=29.2 | 872=18.8 | 474=10.2 | 1966=42.3 | Small Pox, Hooping Cough. |
| 1872 | 221,902 | 4030 | 18.2 | 20.4 | 957=23.7 | 791=19.6 | 471=11.6 | 1965=48.7 | Measles. |
| 1873 | 229,071 | 4393 | 19.3 | 22.3 | 915=20.8 | 983=22.3 | 487=11.0 | 1928=43.9 | |
| 1874 | 236,899 | 4680 | 19.7 | 22.3 | 948=20.2 | 1022=21.8 | 473=10.1 | 2083=44.5 | |
| 1875 | 244,680 | 4656 | 19. 02 | 22.9 | 984=21.1 | 978=21.0 | 464= 9.9 | 2152=46.2 | Hooping Cough, Scarlet Fever. |