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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 LIII. Showing the Death-rates from, All. Causes, from the principal Zymotic Diseases, together with Infantile Mortality, in the Country, in the Populous Towns, in Towns whose populations exceed 300,000 inhabitants and in Islington.

All Cause*.Principal Zymotic Diseaser (Cols. 3.9).Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhœa.Deaths under Year to 1.coo Births.
Cols.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.
England and Wales17.42.150.000.400.140.240.350.160.86156
33 Great Towns19.12.870.000.550.180.310. 410.181.24177
67 Other Large Towns17.22.410.000.430.160.240.380.161.05169
England & Wales} less the 100 Towns }16.41.620.000.290.120.190.310.140.67138
London17.72.560.000.430.170.500.410130.92158
Birmingham21.63.88..0.790.180.290.4 40.182.00214
Liverpool24.43.83..0.540.330.200.560.271.93200
Manchester"23.13.81..1.180.230.090.560.191.56195
Leeds19.92.80..0.400.230.160.240.201.67190
Sheffield21.23.49..0.560'260.130.400.311.83198
St. Fancras18.72.470.000.350.100.470.610.160.87168
Stoke Newington14.32.12..0.210.060.o60.440.290.56121
Hackney16.52.90..0.690.170.620.450.160.91147
Hornsey9.31.22..0.120.030.270.17..0.63102
Clerkenwell22 13.610.020.740.210.730.740.171.00184
St. Luke25.73.82..0.970.320.510.680.101.24149
Shoreditch21.64.00.010.950 .240.640.520.161.55183
Encircling Districts18.162.860.000.550.150.550.490.150.97160
Islington15.81.820.000.280.170.330.380.130.51136