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Islington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1908
Table XXXIV. Showing the Deaths from each of the Principal Epidemic Diseases in the several Wards during the Year 1908.
| WARDS. | Small Pox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued and Ill-defined Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total Epidemic Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 6l |
| Highbury | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 14 | 27 |
| Mildmay | ... | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 3 | 15 |
| Thornhill | ... | 29 | 2 | 8 | 7 | — | 3 | — | 20 | 69 |
| Barnsbury | ... | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 9 | 28 |
| St. Mary's | ... | 4 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 18 | |
| Canonbury | ... | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 5 | 30 |
| St. Peter s | ... | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | — | 3 | — | 15 | 41 |
| Totals | ... | 78 | 30 | 60 | 55 | — | 18 | — | 117 | 358 |