London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1905
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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Table XXXI.
| WARDS. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued and Ill-defined Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total Epidemic Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | ... | 10 | 3 | 13 | — | 3 | — | 22 | 52 | |
| Upper Holloway | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | — | — | 20 | 48 | ||
| Tollington | ... | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | — | ... | — | 14 | 62 |
| Lower Holloway | ... | 13 | 15 | — | 2 | — | 33 | 64 | ||
| Highbury | ... | 22 | 3 | 3 | 13 | — | 2 | — | 21 | 64 |
| Mildmay | ... | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 3 | — | 9 | 23 |
| Thornhill | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 14 | — | 2 | — | 27 | 71 |
| Barnsbury | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | — | 5 | 30 | |
| St. Mary's | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | ... | — | 9 | 18 |
| Canonbury | 12 | 2 | 2 | 11 | — | ... | — | 19 | 46 | |
| St. Peter's | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | — | 1 | — | 27 | 51 | |
| Totals | 1 | 123 | 37 | 34 | 111 | — | 17 | — | 206 | 529 |