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Islington 1913

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

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1913

Table: The returns for the last eleven years are given below:—

The returns for the last eleven years are given below:—

Years.Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 births.
190391.00
1904141.57
190560.68
1906111.27
190780.94
190840.46
190970.85
191080.97
191170.87
191220.24
Corrected average80.95
191370.84

Table: LIII.Showing the Deaths from Puerperal Fever per 1,000 Births in the Sub-Districts for each Quarter and the Year 1913.

LIII.

Showing the Deaths from Puerperal Fever per 1,000 Births in the Sub-Districts for each Quarter and the Year 1913.

Sub-districts.1st Quarter.2ud Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Year.
Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 Births.Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 Births.Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 Births.DeathsDeaths per 1,000 BirthsDeaths.Deaths per 1,000 Births.
Tufnell........15.0714.9522.54
Upper Holloway....................
Tollington15.81............11.33
Lower Holloway13.68............10.93
Highbury....................
Barnsbury12.70............10.65
Islington, South East24.24............21.04
The Borough52.44....10.5010.4970.84

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CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Under this heading are included Cancer and Tuberculosis, as well as
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism, Rickets, Diabetes, Gout, Anaemia, Gangrene
and Purpura. Two of these, Cancer and Tuberculosis, are among the most
important and fatal which afflict mankind.
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