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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1898
Forty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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"In the Parish, as a whole, there were 72 deaths in the 4th quarter
of last year. 183 in the 1st quarter, and 107 in the 2nd quarter of this
year, while the rates per 100,000 were respectively 84, 212 and 124,
and for the entire nine months 140."
Table XXXVI. Showing the deaths from Measles in the Wards.
| Wards. | 1837. | 1893. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th quarter. | 1st quarter. | 2nd quarter. | ||
| Tufnell | 2 | 15 | 13 | 30 |
| Upper Holloway | 1 | 13 | 12 | 26 |
| Tollington | 34 | 21 | 12 | 67 |
| Lower Holloway | 9 | 45 | 22 | 76 |
| West Highbury | 8 | 13 | 7 | 28 |
| East Highbury | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| Thornhill | 5 | 19 | 19 | 43 |
| Barnsbury | 6 | 13 | 6 | 25 |
| St. Mary's | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| Canonbury | 1 | 20 | 5 | 26 |
| St. Peter's | 2 | 10 | 7 | 19 |
| The Parish | 72 | 183 | 107 | 362 |
Table XXXVI I. Showing the Deaths in the Wards on the supposition that they contained equal populations of 100,000 persons.
| Wards. | 1897. | 1893. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st quarter. | 2nd quarter. | |||||
| 4th quarter. | ||||||
| Tufnell | 36 | 179 | 155 | 123 | ||
| Upper Holloway | 16 | 138 | 128 | 92 | ||
| Tollington | 447 | 271 | 155 | 291 | ||
| Lower Holloway | 85 | 427 | 210 | 240 | ||
| West Highbury | 86 | 137 | 74 | 99 | ||
| East Highbury | 28 | 96 | 14 | 46 | ||
| Thornhill | 60 | 227 | 227 | 171 | ||
| Barnsbury | 104 | 223 | 103 | 143 | ||
| St. Mary's | 45 | 158 | 68 | 87 | ||
| Canonbury | 15 | 310 | 77 | 134 | ||
| St. Peter's | 24 | 120 | 84 | 76 | ||
| The Parish | 84 | 212 | 124 | 140 | ||