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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10
1936]
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 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 20 |
Up. Holloway Tollington | Up. Holloway | — | — | 7 | - | 2 | 2 | 13 | 24 |
Tollington | _ | _ | 7 | - | 1 | - | 6 | 14 | |
Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | — | - | 13 | - | 4 | 10 | 12 | 39 |
Highbury | Highbury | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 13 | 18 |
Mildmay | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 7 | 11 | |
Barnsbury | Thornhill | — | — | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
Barnsbury | — | — | 4 | — | 3 | — | 3 | 10 | |
St. Mary's | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 7 | 8 | |
South East | Canonbury | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 10 |
St. Peter's | — | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | |
The Borough | — | — | 58 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 88 | 202 | |
Total Death Rates | — | — | 0.19 | 00.2 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.28 | 0.65 |
1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 2 | 0.01 | - | - | - | - |
Small Pox | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.00 | - | - |
Measles | 69 | 0.20 | 29 | 009 | 156 | 0.48 | 11 | 0.03 | 140 | 0.43 | 7 | 0.02 |
Scarlet Fever | 12 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.02 | 8 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.04 | 4 | 0.01 |
Whooping Cough | 29 | 0.09 | 45 | 014 | 21 | 0.06 | 126 | 0.39 | 10 | 0.03 | 32 | 0.10 |
Diphtheria | 31 | 0.09 | 25 | 0.07 | 25 | 0.08 | 32 | 0.10 | 42 | 0.13 | 15 | 0.04 |
Diarrhoea 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 | 971 | 17.1 per 1,000 births | 67 | 12.7 per 1,000 births |
1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | Mean 10 years | 1936 | |||||||
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Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates, | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
Enteric Fever | - | - | 4 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.00 | - | - | 1 | 0.00 | - | - |
Small Pox | _- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 52 | 0.16 | 14 | 0.04 | 39 | 0.12 | - | - | 52 | 0.16 | 58 | 0.19 |
Scarlet Fever | 7 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.01 | 5 | 0.02 | - | - | 7 | 0.02 | 7 | 0.02 |
Whooping Cough | 23 | 0.07 | 23 | 0.07 | 15 | 0.05 | 9 | 0.03 | 33 | 0.10 | 18 | 0.05 |
Diphtheria | 20 | 0.06 | 33 | 0.10 | 32 | 0.10 | 13 | 0.04 | 27 | 0.08 | 31 | 0.10 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 73 | 14.7 per 1,000 births | 63 | 13.7 per 1,000 births | 47 | 10.2 per 1,000 births | 65 | 14.2 per 1,000 births | 66 | 12.3 per 1,000 births | 84 | 17.8 per 1,000 births |