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1908]
MORTALITY FROM THE PRINCIPAL EPIDEMIC DISEASES.
Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Fevers
(that is to say Typhus, Enteric and Continued) and Diarrhceal Diseases.
Deaths.—The Medical Officer of Health in 1906 was able to congratulate
the Council on the low mortality from these diseases. Again in 1907 it was his
privilege to report to them that the return was the lowest since 1885, and
he is now more than pleased to be able to state that the present record is, so
far as he can ascertain, the lowest which has hitherto obtained in Islington.
The total number of deaths was only 358, or 433 below the average for
the 23 years 1885-1907 after correction for increase of the population.
Death-rate.—The 358 deaths represent the low rate of 101 per 1,000
inhabitants, which is below the death-rate of England and Wales (1.29), the
76 Great Towns (1.59), the 142 Smaller Towns (T28). It is, however, slightly
above (0 03) that of the Rural Districts (0'99).
The record is all the more gratifying as it shows a distinct reduction in
the deaths from each of the several diseases.