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Islington 1897
Forty-second annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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1897
Table XLVIII.
| Sub-Districts. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tipper Holloway | 007 | 0.08 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.16 |
| Islington, South West | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.11 |
| Islington, South East | .. | 0.24 | 0.12 | 0.30 | 0.16 |
| Highbury | 0.12 | .. | 0.06 | 012 | 0.07 |
| The Parish | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.12 |
DIARRHŒA.
The record from this disease was also very good, the 174 deaths
ascribed to it having been 37 below the corrected average of 211 of the
preceding twelve years. The death-rate was 0.51 per 1,000 inhabitants.
This rate contrasted most favourably with the mortality of the
Encircling Districts (0.97), of which Hornsey alone was less (0.49), and
also with the rates which prevailed in the London Districts, of which
only five exhibited so low a return proportionally to population. These
were St. George's, Hanover Square (0.31), St. James, Westminster
(0.40), Hampstead (0.36), St. Martin-in-the-Fields (0.16), and the
City (0.17).
When the comparison is made farther afield it is seen that only 3
of the Great Towns were proportionally so free from deaths from Diarrhœa,
namely, Swansea (0.21), Huddersfield (0.35) and Halifax (0.32), and that
only 8 of the 67 Other Large Towns showed a lower rate, and not one of
these were much more than half the size of our smallest sub-registration
district.