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Islington 1905

Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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Table LIV.

Showing theDeath.ratesfromAll Causes, from the principalEpidemie Diseases,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 Epidemic Diseases (Cols. 3.9).Small.PoxMeasles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Deaths under 1Year to 1,000 Births.
Cols.1.2.3.4.5.6.78.9.10.
England and Wales15.21.520.000.320110160.250.09059128
76 Great Towns15.71.880.000.390.130.160.290.081.83140
141 Smaller Towns14.41.500.000.310 110.150.230.130 57132
England and Wales less the 217 Towns .14.91.090.000.240.090.150.200.090 32113
London15.11.700.000.370.120.120.320.050.72129
Bristol14.61.50..0.500 110160.340.030 36122
Birmingham16.21.900.000.440.100 170.290.070.83154
Liverpool19.62.59..0.320.410 210.200.101 35153
Manchester18.02.25..0.370.130.200.310.091 15157
Leeds15.21.610.010.240.090100.260.120.79151
Sheffield17.03.200.940.220 130.290.101.52167
St Pancras15.81.50..0.330.110 110.350.030.57135
Stoke Newington12.91.14..0.230.060090.19..0.57121
Hackney14.01.980.010.360.080 110.290.121.01129
Hornsey7.60.46..0.120.020.080.120.020.1066
Finsbury19 02.17..0.420.210 120.330.091.00127
Shoreditch19.72.960.020.540.240150.760.031.22166
Encircling Boroughs15.21.790.000.350.120 120.350.060.79132
Islington1.441.540.000.360.110.100.320.050.60123