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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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In the annexed Table a complete statement of the deaths from the
Infectious Diseases during the years 1881-93 and in 1894 is given :—

Table XI.

Showing the Deaths from the Principal Zymotic Diseases in 1894,and for the previous Thirteen Years.

Estimated Population in the Middle of the Year.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping Cough.Typhus.Enteric (Typhoid Fever)Diarrhœa.Total.Death-Bate per 1,000 Population.
1881283,721661611164217 2...792168523.0
1882287,1911115314254299...771498853.0
1883290,71111659570119...861626982.4
1884294,2673612557114268...832669493.2
1885297,8673828929138200...551919403.1
1886301,512...642554205...483077032.3
1887305,11223315027238...392919783.2
1888308,936...1515035230...491466612.1
1889312,713...1803244112...561705951.9
1890316,543...1852947200...351696652.1
Average for 10 yrs.300,132151806262204...612077932.64
1891320,418...2052894235...251467332.28
1892324,339216952130149...381586982.32
1893328,3032119941891811482378712.65
1894331,901319969208188...36937962.39

Note.—The figures in 1892 and following years include the deaths in the M. A. B.'s Hospitals.