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Islington 1908

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

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Table: Table XXX. Showing the Corrected Mean Numberof Deaths from the principal Epidemic Diseases, 1885-1907, and in 1908.

Table XXX. Showing the Corrected Mean Numberof Deaths from the principal Epidemic Diseases, 1885-1907, and in 1908.

Diseases.Corrected Average Number of Deaths 1885-1907.1908.Decrease.
Small Pox9..- 9
Measles18978- 121
Scarlet Fever4930- 19
Diphtheria11660- 56
Whooping Cough16955- 114
Typhus Fever1..- 1
Enteric Fever4218- 24
Continued & 1ll-defined Fevers1..- 1
Diarrhoea205117- 88
The above Diseases781358- 433

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The following statement shows the relative position occupied by Islington
with respect to the Epidemic Diseases in the country and in the neighbouring
metropolitan boroughs:—
Epidemic
death-rates.
1.29 per 1,000 inhabitants.
1.59 ,, ,,
1.28 ,, ,,
0.98 ,, ,,
1.06 ,, ,,
0-82 ,, ,,
1.52 ,, ,,
0.57 ,, ,,
2.09 ,, ,,
209 „ „
1.40 ,, ,,
1.04 ,, ,,
1.07 ,, ,,
1.60 ,, ,,
2.43 ,, ,,
1.29 ,, ,,
1.35 ,, ,,
1.01
England and Wales
76 Great Towns
142 Smaller Towns
Rural Districts
The
Encircling
Boroughs
St. Pancras
Stoke Newington
Hackney
Hornsey
Finsbury
.Shoreditch
The Encircling Boroughs
County of
London
West London District
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Central „ „
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County of London
Islington