Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table XXXI. Deaths from each of the principal Epidemic Diseases during the year 1908, inclusive of the Deaths of Borough Patients in Hospitals outside the Borough.
| SUBREGISTRATION DISTRICTS. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric (Typhoid Fever) | Diarrhœa. | TOTALS. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | ... | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 7 | 19 |
| Upper Holloway | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | 6 | ... | ... | 9 | 25 |
| Tollington | ... | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ... | 1 | 7 | 25 |
| Lower Holloway | ... | 14 | 3 | 10 | 5 | ... | 6 | 23 | 61 |
| Highbury | ... | 7 | 4 | 7 | 9 | ... | 3 | 17 | 47 |
| Barnsbury | ... | 36 | 9 | 11 | 9 | ... | 3 | 29 | 97 |
| S. East Islington | ... | 1 | 7 | 19 | 15 | ... | 5 | 25 | 84 |
| The Borough | ... | 78 | 30 | 60 | 55 | 18 | 117 | 358 | |
| Preceding year, 1907 | ... | 130 | 24 | 42 | 120 | ... | 13 | 103 | 432 |