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Islington 1903

Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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Table LIV.

Showing theDeath.ratesfromAll Causes,from the principalZymoticDiseases,together with theInfantile Mortality,in the Country, in the Populous Towns, in Towns whose Populations exceed300,000inhabitants, the Encircling Boroughs, and in Islington.

All Causes.Principal Zymotic Diseases (Cols. 3.9).Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhœa.Deaths under 1 Year to 1,000 Births.
Cols.1.2.3.4.5.6.78.9.10.
England and Wales15.41.460.020.270.120.180.270.100.50132
76 Great Towns16.31.890.030.360.140.200.330.120.71144
103 Other Large Towns14.61.410.020.290.120.160.280.110.43135
England and Wales less the 179 Towns14.81.080.020.170.100.170.220.090.31118
London15.21.770.030.440.070.160.350.080.64131
Bristol14.31.070.010.030.150.350.190.060.28116
Birmingham17.82.330.020.360.270.260.180.131.10159
Liverpool20.52.510.190.180.270.230.430.230.98159
Manchester19.72.550.050.630.170.240.390.170.89169
Leeds16.61.760.050.280.250.150.270.130.63153
Sheffield18.63.100.000.790.220.090.610.111.27182
St. Pancras16.11.90..0.820.090.160.390.060.38133
Stoke Newington12.61.46..0.46••0.130.370.100.40119
Hackney13.81.77..0.500.090.220.300.160.50119
Hornsey7.90.65..0.190.010.130.26..0.0782
Finsbury20.22.32..0.700.110.110.540.100.76135
Shoreditch19.32.89..0.870.060.190.370.111.29171
Encircling Boroughs15.41.91..0.640.080.170.360.090.57132
Islington14.21.39..0.350.070.130.450.060.32126