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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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| Epidemic death-rate. | |
|---|---|
| West Ham | 3.17 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Bristol | 1.56 „ „ |
| Birmingham | 278 „ „ |
| Nottingham | 2.10 „ „ |
| Liverpool | 3.62 ,, ,, |
| Manchester | 3.09 „ „ |
| Salford ... | 3.23 „ „ |
| Bradford | 2.03 „ „ |
| Leeds | 2.23 „ „ |
| Sheffield | 2.92 „ „ |
| Hull | 2.93 „ „ |
| Edinburgh | 1.27 „ „ |
| Glasgow | 2.19 „ „ |
| Dublin | 1.78 „ „ |
| Islington | 1.63 „ „ |
The higher death-rates in Lower Holloway and Barnsbury were due to
a heavier incidence of epidemic diarrhoea. (Vide Tables XXX. and XXXI.)
The number of the deaths in, and the death-rate of, each sub-registration district were as follows :—
| Deaths. | Epidemic Death-rate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | 40 | 1.17 |
| Upper Holloway | 37 | 1.03 |
| Tollington | 45 | 1.25 |
| Lower Holloway | 110 | 2.64 |
| Highbury | 62 | 0.92 |
| Barnsbury | 140 | 2.59 |
| Islington, South East | 128 | 1.68 |
| 562 | 1.63 |