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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 1902
Forty-seventh annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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1902] 44
Table XXVIII.
| WARDS. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued and Ill-defined Fever. | Diarrhæa. | Total Zymotic Deaths | Death-rate from Zymotic Diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | 2 | 8 | 5 | — | 6 | 8 | 1.75 | ||||
| Upper Holloway | 6 | 9 | 4 | 8 | l6 | — | 4 | — | 12 | 59 | 1.68 |
| Tollington | 5 | 20 | 5 | 10 | — | 4 | — | 8 | 65 | 1.85 | |
| Lower Holloway | 10 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 23 | — | 5 | — | 5 | 84 | 1.98 |
| Highbury | 7 | 2 | 12 | 19 | — | 4 | — | 58 | 1.63 | ||
| Mildmay | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | — | 4 | — | 5 | 29 | 1.15 | |
| Thornhill | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 32 | — | 5 | — | 94 | 2.77 | |
| Barnsbury | 5 | 12 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 4 | 35 | 1.63 | ||
| St. Mary's | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 4 | 23 | 1.31 |
| Canonbury | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | — | 5 | — | 6 | 38 | 1.22 |
| St. Peter's | 13 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 14 | — | 1 | — | 14 | 1.95 | |
| Totals | 53 | 114 | 40 | 104 | - | 45 | 99 | 608 | 1.77 |