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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 1904

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

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1904

Table: The number of the deaths in, and the death-rate of, each sub-registration district were as follows:—

The number of the deaths in, and the death-rate of, each sub-registration district were as follows:—

Deaths.Epidemic Death-rate.
Tufnell481.44
Upper Holloway531.50
Tollington591.68
Lower Holloway1092.62
Highbury671.02
Barnsbury1422.62
Islington, South East1281.68
6061.73

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The higher death-rates in Lower Holloway and Barnsbury were due to
a heavier incidence of epidemic diarrhœa. (Vide Tables XXVIII. and XXIX.).

Table: Table XXVIII.Deaths from the principalEpidemic Diseasesduring theyear 1904,inclusive of theDeaths of Borough Patientsin Hospitals outside the Borough.

Table XXVIII.

Deaths from the principalEpidemic Diseasesduring theyear 1904,inclusive of theDeaths of Borough Patientsin Hospitals outside the Borough.

SUB-REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric (Typhoid Fever)Diarrhoea.TOTALS.
Tufnell...19145...21748
Upper Holloway...22137...11953
Tollington...141025...32559
Lower Holloway...352316......53109
Highbury...194311...22867
Barnsbury1426918...363142
S. East Islington...3011421...755128
The Borough1181352883...18260606
Preceding year, 1903...1202443152...*23109471

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* Including 1 Continued Fever.