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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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Table: Table XXIX.Showing theCorrected Mean NumberofDeathsfrom the principalEpidemic Diseases,1886-1905,and in1906.

Table XXIX.

Showing theCorrected Mean NumberofDeathsfrom the principalEpidemic Diseases,1886-1905,and in1906.

Diseases.Corrected Average, Number of Deaths 1886-1905.1906Increase or Decrease.
Small Pox4..- 4
Measles184187+ 3
Scarlet Fever5137— 14
Diphtheria11832— 86
Whooping Cough17274— 98
Typhus Fever....—
Enteric Fever4319— 24
Continued & Ill-defined Fevers1. .— 1
Diarrhcea206213+ 7
The Above Diseases779562— 217

Table: The following statement shows the position occupied by Islington with respect to the Epidemic Diseases in the country:—

The following statement shows the position occupied by Islington with respect to the Epidemic Diseases in the country:—

Epidemic death-rate.
England and Wales1.73 per 1,000 inhabitants.
76 Great Towns2.24 „ „
142 Smaller Towns1.71 „ „
Rural Districts1.18 „ „
The Encircling BoroughsSt. Pancras1.65 „ „
Stoke Newington1.10 „ „
Hackney1.58 „ „
Hornsey0.97 „ „
Finsbury3.59 „ „
Shoreditch3.13 „ „
The Encircling Boroughs1.96 „ „
County of LondonWest London Districts1.64 ,, ,,
North „ „1.46 „ „
Central „ „2.59 „ „
East „ „2.81 ,, „
South „ „1.90 „ „
County of London1.93 „ „
Islington1.63 „ „