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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25 [1935
Locally the deaths in the Sub.Registration Districts and Wards were as
follows :—
Sub. Registration Districts. | Wards | Enteric Fever. | Small Pox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Enteritis and Diarrhoea. | Totals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tufnell | Tufnell | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||||
Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Tollington | Tollington ... | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 15 | 18 |
Highbury | Highbury | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 9 | 10 |
Mildmay | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
Barnsbury | Thornhill | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 9 | 10 |
Barnsbury | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
Islington South East"! | St. Mary's | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
Canonbury | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
St. Peter's | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
The Borough | — | — | — | — | 9 | 13 | 77 | 99 | |
Total Death Rates | — | — | — | — | 003 | 0.04 | 0.24 | 0.31 |
1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates, | |
Enteric Fever | 4 | 001 | 1 | 0.00 | - | - | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.01 | - | - |
Small Pox | — | — | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 00 |
Measles | 22 | 0.06 | 69 | 0.20 | 29 | 0.09 | 156 | 0.48 | 11 | 0.03 | 140 | 0.43 |
Scarlet Fever | 8 | 002 | 12 | 003 | 8 | 0.02 | 8 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.0:1 | 14 | 0.04 |
Whooping Cough | 61 | 0.20 | 29 | 009 | 45 | 0.14 | 21 | 0.06 | 126 | 0.39 | 10 | 0.03 |
Diphtheria | 21 | 0.06 | 31 | 0.09 | 25 | 0.07 | 25 | 0.08 | 32 | 0.10 | 42 | 0.13 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 69 | 10.54 per 1,000 births | 69 | 10.68 per 1,000 births | 47 | 7.79 per 1,000 births | 67 | 11.57 per 1,000 births | 68 | 12.34 per 1,000 births | 97 | 171 per 1,000 births |
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1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates, | |
Enteric Fever | — | — | _ | — | 4 | 001 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | - | — |
Small Pox ... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — |
Measles | 7 | 0.02 | 52 | 0.16 | 14 | 004 | 39 | 0.12 | 54 | 0.16 | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | 4 | 0.01 | 7 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.01 | 5 | 0.02 | 8 | 0.02 | - | — |
Whooping Cough | 32 | 0.10 | 23 | 0.07 | 23 | 0.07 | 15 | 0.05 | 38 | 0.12 | 9 | 0.03 |
Diphtheria | 15 | 0.04 | 20 | 0.06 | 33 | 0.10 | 32 | 0.10 | 28 | 0.08 | 13 | 0.04 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 67 | 12.7 per 1,000 births | 73 | 14.7 per 1,000 births | 63 | 13.7 per 1,000 births | 47 | 10.2 per 1,000 births | 67 | 121 per 1,000 births | 65 | 14.2 per 1,000 births |