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Islington 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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1910] 54

Table: Showing the Deaths from the principal Epidemic Diseases for the Twenty-five years 1885-1909 and in 1910, together with Death-rates* for the total deaths.

Showing the Deaths from the principal Epidemic Diseases for the Twenty-five years 1885-1909 and in 1910, together with Death-rates* for the total deaths.

Years.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple and Undefined Fevers.Diarrhceal Diseases.Totals.Death-Rate,
188512929436167210363—19710993 .69
18863632672214260—3207602 .52
1887—3355946240245—30910363 .39
1888—1476450231159—1627142 .31
1889-177406286—61—1786042 .01
1890-2026581204—39-1807712.44
1891—22450+178255132-1598992.81
1892317953170161-4111897972 .47
189321199420018114822378842 .70
189431996921818836—958082 .44
18951135661448113031896501 .94
189612885725723446215310383 .07
18971976113113044—1746381 .89
1898—325269316813612-39332.77
1899—15533128160—472587812.32
1900115924106142—4621806601.96
190181513013485—4711726281.87
19025311440104152451996081.82
1903—1202i43152—2211094711 .41
19041181352883—18—2606061 .82
190511233734111—17—2065291 .59
1906—187373274—19—2135621.70
1907—130244212013—1034321 .31
1908—78306055—18—1173581.09
1909—197253186...12—674181 .27
1910 ..—1661134124—17—764281 .30
"The death-rates from 1901 to 1910 have been calculated on the Census returns of 1911, and are therefore approximately correct. f From this date Membranous Croup was included.