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Islington 1894
Thirty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The deaths registered from the seven principal zymotic diseases
amounted to 796. These are 35 below the mean number (831 for
the preceding ten years after correction for the increase of population.
In the previous year there had been 871 deaths, so that there was a
decrease of 75 on that return.
The death rates for these three periods were:—
| The death rates for these three periods were:— | |
| 1894 | 2.39 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| 1893 | |
| 1884-93 | 2.50 „ „ |
The death rate for the year compares with that of London and the 33 great towns, thus :—
| The death rate for the year compares with that of London and the 33 great towns, thus :— | |
| Islington | 2.39 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| London | 2.63 „ „ |
| 33 Large Towns | 2.43 „ „ |
| 32 Provincial Towns | 2.26 „ „ |
Compared with the neighbouring districts, the results were also
satisfactory, for although the death rate was higher than that of
Hampstead, Stoke Newington, St. Luke, Marylebone and St. Pancras
it was lower than that of Hackney, Clerkenwell and Shoreditch
The death rates in these places were as follows:—
| The death rates in these places were as follows:— | |
| Islington | 2.39 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Marylebone | 2.36 „ ,, |
| Hampstead | 1..37 „ ,, |
| St. Pancras | 2.18 „ ,, |
| Stoke Newington | 0.84 „ ,, |
| Hackney | 2.61 „ ,, |
| Clerkenwell | 2.66 „ ,, |
| St. Luke | 2.11 „ ,, |
| Shoreditch | 2.84 „ ,, |
The principal factors in the Zymotic death-rate of the Parish
were Measles, Diphtheria and Whooping Cough, each of which were
in excess of the returns of the preceding year.
Measles was excessive in South-west Islington where there were
106 deaths, which were equal to a death-rate of 0.98.
Diphtheria was most fatal in Upper Holloway, where 70 deaths
produced a death-rate of 0.71 per 1,000 of the population.
Whooping Cough produced its greatest mortality in South-west
Islington, where it carried off 79 children, which gave a death-rate of 0.73.