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Islington 1913

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

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1913]

Table: TableXLIII.Showing theDeathsandDeath-ratesfromEnteric Feverin the Sub-Districtsfor each Quarter and the Year.

TableXLIII.

Showing theDeathsandDeath-ratesfromEnteric Feverin the Sub-Districtsfor each Quarter and the Year.

Sub-Districts.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Year.
Deaths.Death-rates.Deaths.Death-rates.Deaths.Death-rates.Deaths.Death-rates.Deaths.Death-rates.
Tufnell20.24............20.06
Upper Holloway....................
Tollington....................
Lower Holloway....................
Highbury10.06............10.02
Barnsbury....................
Islington, South East10.06............10.01
The Borough40.05............40.01

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TYPHUS FEVER
Nil return.
CONTINUED AND ILL-DEFINED FEVERS.
Nil return.
DIARRHCEAL DISEASES.
These include Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Choleriac Diarrhoea, Zymotic Enteritis,
Epidemic Enteritis, Infective Enteritis, Enteric Catarrh, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh
and Gastro-enteric Catarrh.
The deaths from these diseases conjointly numbered 268, as contrasted
with 134 in 1912, and 461 in 1911.
The deaths were equal to a death-rate of 0-81 per 1,000 of the population.
99 deaths were ascribed to true diarrhoea, which is an increase of 63
on the preceding year. The deaths from dirarhoeal diseases during last year
are shown in Table XLVII., where it should be noted that 210 out of the total
number of those from diarrhoeal diseases occurred among children under two
years old, and represented a mortality of 25 12 per 1,000 births.