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Islington 1912

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

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[1912

Table: Table XXXV.Showing theCorrected Mean NumberofDeathsfrom the PrincipalEpidemic Diseases1885-1911and in1912

Table XXXV.

Showing theCorrected Mean NumberofDeathsfrom the PrincipalEpidemic Diseases1885-1911and in1912

Diseases.Corrected Average Number of Deaths 1885-1911.1912.Decrease.
Small pox7..– 7
Measles173151– 22
Scarlet Fever429– 33
Diphtheria10038–62
Whooping Cough14854– 94
Typhus Fever......
Enteric Fever368– 28
Continued & Ill-defined Fevers1..– 1
Diarrhoea18636– 150
The above Diseases693296– 397

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The usual statement showing the position occupied by Islington with
respect to the Epidemic Diseases in the country and in the neighbouring
metropolitan boroughs cannot be given because the Registrar in his annual
statement does not give the necessary information.