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Islington 1899

Forty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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[1899

The following statement shows the fatal incidence of the Zymotic Diseases in the several districts arranged in order from least to highest death-rate :—

Sub-Districts.Death-ratesDeaths.
Islington, South-east1.62111
Highbury1.83125
Upper Holloway2.35244
Islington, South-west2.69293

Table XXIX. Heaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases during the year 1899, inclusive of the deaths of Islington Patients in Hospitals outside the District.

DISTRICTS.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric (Typhoid Pever).Diarrhoea.TOTALS.
Upper Holloway..4446735..1876244
Islington, South West..89172073..12112293
Islington, South East..1831727..640111
Highbury..3491625..1130125
Totals15533120160..47258773