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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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Table: Table XXX.1)etitlt-rates from the principal Zymotic Diseases duriny the year 1899, inclusive of the Palish Patients in Hospitals outside the District.

Table XXX.1)etitlt-rates from the principal Zymotic Diseases duriny the year 1899, inclusive of the Palish Patients in Hospitals outside the District.

DISTRICTS.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric (Typhoid Fever).Diarrhoea.TOTAL DEATH-RATES.
U pper Holloway..0. 420.040.650.34..0.170.732.35
Islington, South West..0.540.160.180.67..0.111.032.69
Islington, South East..0.260.040.250.40..0.080.591.62
Highbury..0.490.130.230.37..0.160.441.83
Death-rates..0.440.090.340.46..0.130.742.21

Table: In the following statement the wards are arranged in order from least to greatest incidence of mortality:—

In the following statement the wards are arranged in order from least to greatest incidence of mortality:—

Wards.Deaths.Death-rates.
St. Mary's221.23 per 1,000 inhabitants.
East Highbury371.24 „ ,,
Canonbury451.72 „ ,,
St. Peter's591.76 „ ,,
Upper Holloway711.86 „ „
West Highbury882.29 „ „
Tufnell882.58 „
Tollington852.69 „ ,,
Barnsbury632.69 „ ,,
Thornhill932.77 „ ,,
Lower Holloway1222.88 „ ,,
Total773221