Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1930
SubRegistration Districts. | Wards | Enteric Fever. | Small Pox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhoea. | Totals. | |
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Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | |||
Tufnell | Tufnell | . | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |
Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | . | . | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 11 | |
Tollington | Tollington | . | . | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 | |
Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | . | . | 22 | . | 1 | 11 | . | 34 | |
Highbury | Highbury | . | . | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | |
Mildmav | . | . | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
Barnsbury | Thornhill | . | . | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 40 | |
Barnsbury | . | . | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 26 | ||
Islington South East | St. Mary's | . | . | 9 | . | . | . | . | 9 | |
Canonbury | . | . | 14 | 3 | . | 7 | 1 | 25 | ||
St. Peter's | . | . | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 21 | ||
The Borough | . | 1 | 140 | 14 | 10 | 42 | 16 | 223 | ||
Total Death Rates | . | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.68 |
1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | |||||||
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Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
Enteric Fever | 3* | 0.01 | 1 | 0.00 | . | . | . | . | 4 | 0.01 | 4 | 0.01 |
Small Pox | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Measles | 92 | 0.27 | 27 | 0.08 | 134 | 0.40 | 16 | 0.05 | 103 | 0.30 | 22 | 0.06 |
Scarlet Fever | 12 | 0.04 | 19 | 0.06 | 29 | 0.09 | 13 | 0.04 | 10 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.02 |
Whooping Cough | 70 | 0.21 | 43 | 0.13 | 98 | 0.29 | 38 | 0.11 | 57 | 0.17 | 61 | 0.20 |
Diphtheria | 135 | 0.40 | 110 | 0.33 | 59 | 0.18 | 21 | 0.06 | 33 | 0.09 | 21 | 0.06 |
Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 77 | 8.19 per 1,000 births | 156 | 19.78 per 1,000 births | 71 | 9.46 per 1,000 births | 1031 | 14.51 per 1,000 births | 52 | 7.65 per 1,000 births | 691 | 10.54 per 1,000 births |
1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | Mean 10 years | 1930 | |||||||
Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
Enteric Fever | 1 | 0.00 | . | . | 2 | 0.00 | 9. | 0.01 | 2 | 0.00 | . | . |
Small Pox | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0.00 |
Measles | 69 | 0.20 | 29 | 0.09 | 156 | 0.48 | 11 | 0.03 | 66 | 0.20 | 140 | 0.43 |
Scarlet Fever | 12 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.02 | 8 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.03 | 13 | 0.04 | 14 | 004 |
Whooping Cough | 29 | 0.09 | 45 | 0.14 | 21 | 0.06 | 126 | 0.39 | 59 | 0.18 | 10 | 0.03 |
Diphtheria | 31 | 0.09 | 25 | 0.07 | 25 | 0.08 | 32 | 0.10 | 49 | 0.15 | 42 | 0.13 |
Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 69 | 10 68 per 1,000 births | 48 | 7.79 per 1,000 births | 67 | 11.57 per 1,000 births | 68 | 12.34 per 1,000 births | 78 | 11.3 per 1,000 births | 97 | 171 per 1,000 births |
* Including 2 Malarial Fever.