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[1902
WHOOPING COUGH.
Whooping Cough caused 152 deaths, which although an increase of 67
on the preceding year are 40 below the corrected average of the seventeen
years 1885-1901. Only on five occasions in these years has the number
registered been so few, namely in 1889, when there were 86, in 1895, when
there were 81, in 1897, when there were 130, in 1900, when there were 142
and 1901, when there were 85 deaths.
The death-rate of 0.44 per 1,000 was higher than that of the large towns
taken collectively, but almost the same as the rate experienced in London
where it was 0.40. It is also below the average rate of the six districts
surrounding Islington, of which Stoke Newington and Hornsey alone were
lower. It was slightly lower than the St. Pancras rate of 0.47 per 1,000
and much below the death-rates of Finsbury (0.73) and Shoreditch (0.63).

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