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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 1906

Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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1906]

Table: Sub Registration Districts.-The infectious diseases were distributed in the sub-registration districts as follows:-

Sub Registration Districts.-The infectious diseases were distributed in the sub-registration districts as follows:-

Cases.Attack-rates.
Tufnell1935.67
Upper Holloway2416.69
Tollington1604.45
Lower Holloway3137.5o
Highbury3745.58
Barnsbury3726.90
Islington South East6228.15
Total2,2756.59

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This table shows that the largest number of cases in proportion to
population occurred in South-East Islington sub-district, whilst the smallest
came from Tollington.
In the former the attack-rate was 8.15 per 1,000 of the inhabitants and
in the latter 4.45.

Table: In the Wardsthe cases notified and their proportion to the population were as follows:-

In the Wardsthe cases notified and their proportion to the population were as follows:-

Cases.Attack-Rates.
Tufnell1935.67 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Upper Holloway2416.69 „ „
Tollington1604.45 ,, ,,
Lower Holloway3137.50 ,, ,,
Highbury2316.59 ,, ,,
Mildmay1174.67 ,, ,,
Thornhill2306.87 ,, ,,
Barnsbury1426.93 ,, ,,
St. Mary1408.03 „ „
Canonbury2096.37 „ „
St. Peter2999.08 „ „
2,2756.59 ,, ,,