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From this statement it will be seen that its effects were most felt in
the more congested parts of the Parish, namely in South-east and Southwest
Islington.
Unsatisfactory as the local return is, yet it is not so bad as that of
London, in which 753 deaths were registered, equal to a death-rate of 0.69,
or 0.10 more than the death-rate of the Parish.
In St. Pancras, which bounds the Parish on the west, 51 deaths
occurred, producing a death-rate of 0.87; while in Hackney (inclusive of
Stoke Newington), which bounds Islington on the east, 40 deaths, equal
to a death-rate of 0.65, were recorded, each of which death-rates was
higher than that of the Parish.
Scarlet Fever caused 19 deaths, as against 14 in the preceding
quarter and 17 in corresponding quarter of 1894. Although the cases
of this disease continued to be numerous (vide page 20) yet the death
returns were comparatively small, the largest number of deaths registered
from it during the preceding ten quarters being 27, in the fourth quarter
of 1893, when 27 occurred.
Of the 19 deaths 6 were registered in Upper Holloway, 7 in Southwest
Islington, 4 in South-east Islington, and 2 in Highbury.
The death-rate was equal annually to 0.22 per 1,000 inhabitants,
which differs very little from the death-rate of the great towns, in which
t was 0.19, or from that of the Metropolis, namely 0.23.