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[1896
115 below the corrected average for those periods. The figures stand
thus—
Corrected mean number of
deaths 1885—95 1,805 deaths = 21.38 death-rate.
No. of deaths registered 1896 1,664 ,, = 19.71 ,,
Difference 141 „ = 1.07 „
Under these circumstances, the death-rate in the first quarter
cannot be considered unsatisfactory.
The death-rate was only very slightly above those of the 33 great
towns and of London, which respectively enjoyed a rate of 19.5 and
19.2 per 1,000. It was, however, 1.74 per 1,000 above the rate which
obtained in the districts encircling the parish. The excess in the
death-rate was entirely due to the presence of Measles, which, while
causing 288 deaths, produced a death-rate of 2.00 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Had it not been for this epidemic, the first quarter would have been the
healthiest on record.
At this period the highest death-rate, 21.22 per 1,000, in the
sub-districts was registered in South-west Islington. The lowest deathrate
occurred in Highbury, where it was 16.93 per 1,000, while in
Upper Holloway it was 19.28, and in South-east Islington 20.83.
Second Quarter.—The returns showed that 1,382 persons died, of
whom 728 were males and 654 females. These deaths were 39 below
the corrected average for the corresponding period for eleven years.
The deaths were equal to an annual death-rate of 16.37 per 1,000,
a rate which compared very favourably with the death-rates registered
throughout the country. Thus, in England and Wales it was 17.1 per
1,000, in the 33 Great Towns 18.9, in London 17.4, and the Encircling
Districts 16.5 per 1,000.
Measles in this, as in the preceding, quarter was prevalent and
disturbed the death-rate to the extent of nearly 1.00 (actually 0.99) per
1,000. It is right, however, to say that this disease had borne a bad record
during the eleven previous second quarters, producing a mean deathrate
of 1.03 per 1,000 inhabitants.