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Islington 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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21 [1925
In London the death-rate from the epidemic diseases was 0.60, while in the
six Boroughs encircling Islington the death-rate was 0.67.
Locally the deaths in the Sub-Registration Districts and Wards were as
follows:—
| Sub-Registration Districts. | Wards | Enteric Fever. | Small Pox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhoea. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | ||
| Tufnell | Tufnell | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | — | — | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Tollington | Tollington | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| Highbury | Highbury | — | - | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | 13 |
| Mildmay | — | - | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| Barnsbury | Thornhill | — | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| Barnsbury | — | - | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | — | 7 | |
| Islington South East | St. Mary's | — | - | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Canonbury | — | - | 4 | - | 5 | - | 2 | 11 | |
| St. Peter's | — | - | 3 | 1 | 12 | — | 2 | 18 | |
| The Borough | 4 | — | 22 | 8 | 61 | 21 | 15 | 131 | |
| Total Death Rates | 0.01 | — | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.39 | |
| 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | 0.01 | 9 | 0.03 | 4 | 0.01 | 7 | 0.02 | 5* | 0.02 | 3* | 0.01 |
| Small Pox | — | — | — | - | — | - | - | - | 1 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Measles | 153 | 0.48 | 80 | 0.26 | 149 | 0.50 | 114 | 0.39 | 12 | 0.04 | 92 | 0.27 |
| Scarlet Fever | 38 | 0.12 | 18 | 0.06 | 4 | 0.01 | 8 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.04 | 12 | 0.04 |
| Whooping Cough | 103 | 0.32 | 60 | 0.19 | 45 | 0.15 | 147 | 0.51 | 17 | 0.05 | 70 | 0.21 |
| Diphtheria | 57 | 0.18 | 45 | 0.14 | 33 | 0.11 | 45 | 0.16 | 51 | 0.16 | 135 | 0.40 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 154 | 20.43 per 1,000 births | 117 | 16.11 per 1,000 births | 106 | 18.16 per 1,000 births | 82 | 15.78 per 1,000 births | 85 | 13.53 per 1,000 births | 77 | 8.19 per 1,000 births |
| 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | Mean 10 years | 1925 | |||||||
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0.01 | 4 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.01 |
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 27 | 0.08 | 134 | 0.40 | 16 | 0.05 | 103 | 0.30 | 88 | 0.27 | 22 | 0.06 |
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | 0.06 | 29 | 0.09 | 13 | 0.04 | 10 | 0.03 | 16 | 0.05 | 8 | 0.02 |
| Whooping Cough | 43 | 0.13 | 98 | 0.29 | 38 | 0.11 | 57 | 0.17 | 68 | 0.21 | 61 | 0.20 |
| Diphtheria | 110 | 0.33 | 59 | 0.18 | 21 | 0.06 | 33 | 0.09 | 59 | 0.18 | 21 | 0.06 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 156 | 19.78 per 1,000 births | 71 | 9.46 per 1,000 births | 103 | 14.51 per 1,000 births | 52 | 7.65 per 1,000 births | 100 | 14.12 per 1,000 births | 69 | 10.54 per 1,000 births |
* Including 2 Malarial Fever.