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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1938 10
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 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 14 | |
Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | - | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | |
Tollington | Tollington | - | — | 4 | — | 3 | 4 | 13 | 24 | |
Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | - | — | 3 | — | 1 | 3 | 17 | 24 | |
Highbury | Highbury | - | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 13 | 18 | |
Mildmay | - | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | ||
Barnsbury | Thornhill | - | — | 4 | — | 4 | 3 | 13 | 24 | |
Barnsbury | _ | _ | 3 | _ | _ | 2 | 7 | 12 | ||
Islington South East | St. Mary's | 1 | _ | 2 | _ | — | 4 | 7 | ||
Canonbury | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
St. Peter's | - | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 14 | 17 | ||
The Borough | 1 | — | 24 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 109 | 173 | ||
Total Death Rates | — | — | 008 | 001 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.37 | 0.59 |
1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | ||||||||||||
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Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | ||||||
Enteric Fever | 2 | 0 00 | 2 | 0.01 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | 4 | 0.01 | |||||
Small Pox | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Measles | 156 | 0.48 | 11 | 0.03 | 140 | 0.43 | 7 | 0.02 | 52 | 0.16 | 14 | 0.04 | |||||
Scarlet Fever | 8 | 0.03 | 8 | 003 | 14 | 0.04 | 4 | 0.01 | 7 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.01 | |||||
Whooping Cough | 21 | 0.06 | 126 | 0.39 | 10 | 0.03 | 32 | 0.10 | 23 | 0.07 | 23 | 0.07 | |||||
Diphtheria | 25 | 0.08 | 32 | 0.10 | 42 | 0.13 | 15 | 0.04 | 20 | 0.06 | 33 | 0.10 | |||||
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 64 | 11.57 per 1,000 births | 681 | 12.34 per 1,000 births | 97 | 17.1 per 1,000 births | 67 | 12.7 per 1,000 births | 73 | 14.7 per 1,000 births | 63 | 13.7 per 1,000 births | |||||
1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | Mean 10 years | 1938 | ||||||||||||
Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | ||||||
Enteric Fever | 1 | 0.00 | _ | - | - | - | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | |||||
Small Pox | _ | - | _ | - | - | _ | _ | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | |||||
Measles | 39 | 0.12 | - | _ | 58 | 0.19 | 1 | 0.00 | 48 | 0.15 | 24 | 0.08 | |||||
Scarlet Fever | 5 | 0.02 | - | — | 7 | 0.02 | 3 | 0.01 | 6 | 0.02 | 2 | 0.01 | |||||
Whooping Cough | 15 | 0.05 | 9 | 0.03 | 18 | 0.05 | 18 | 0.06 | 29 | 0.09 | 14 | 0.05 | |||||
Diphtheria | 32 | 010 | 13 | 0.04 | 31 | 0.10 | 20 | 0.07 | 26 | 0.08 | 23 | 0.08 | |||||
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 47 | 10.2 per 1,000 births | 65 | 14.2 per 1,000 births | 84 | 17.8 per 1,000 births | 69 | 15.3 per 1,000 births | 70 | 15.6 per 1,000 births | 100 | 22.3 per 1,000 births |