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Islington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1908]
Table XXXV. Showing the Death-rates of the Wards from, each of the Principal Epidemic Diseases during the Year 1908.
| [wards. | Small Pox. | Measles, | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued and Ill-defined Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Death-rate from Epidemic Diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | — | 0.11 | 0.1l | 0.06 | 0.06 | — | — | — | 0.19 | 0.53 |
| Upper Holloway | — | — | 0.03 | 0.24 | 0.16 | — | — | — | 0.24 | 0.67 |
| Tollington | — | 0.1l | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.24 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.l8 | 0.66 |
| Lower Holloway | — | 0.33 | 0.07 | 0.23 | 0.12 | — | 0.14 | — | 0.54 | 1.43 |
| Highbury | — | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.11 | — | 0.06 | — | 0.39 | 075 |
| Mildmay | — | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.15 | — | — | — | 0.12 | 0.58 |
| Thornhill | — | 0.85 | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0'20 | — | 0.09 | — | 0.59 | 2.02 |
| Barnsbury | — | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.14 | 0.10 | — | — | — | 0.43 | 1.35 |
| St. Mary's | — | 0.22 | — | 0.22 | 0.22 | — | 0.06 | — | 0.28 | 1.00 |
| Canonbury | — | 0.12 | 020 | 0.20 | 0.14 | — | 0.06 | — | 0.14 | 0.86 |
| St. Peter's | — | 0.18 | 0.03 | 0.27 | 0.21 | — | 0.09 | — | 0.44 | 1.22 |
| Total | — | 0.22 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.16 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.33 | 1.01 |