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Islington 1856

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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TABLE IV.

SHEWING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN THE METROPOLIS AND IN ISLINGTON AND ITS SUB-DISTRICTS FROM ZYMOTIC AND EPIDEMIC DISEASES.

									Epidemic Diseases especially affecting Children.
	1 Population 1851	2 Deaths 1856	3 Deaths fr Zymotic Disease.	4 Per ct. of all deaths	5 . Population 1851 under 5 years.	6 Per 1000 of Popn. under 5.	7 Zymtc deaths undr 5	8 Per 1000 of Popn. under 5.	9 Small Pox.	10 Per ct. of all deaths	11 Measles.	12 Per ct. of all deaths	13 Scarlatina	14 Per ct. of all deaths	15 Hooping Cough	16 Per ct. of all deaths	17 Diarrhoea.	18 Per ct. of all deaths	19 Total.	20 Per ct. of all deaths	21 Typhus.	22 Per ct. of all deaths
LONDON	2362236	* 56786	12859	22.6	293562	124.2			522	0.919	1445	2.544	1795	3.160	2078	3.659	2251	3.964	8091	14.2	2645	4.657
ISLINGTON	95329	2294	542	23.6	12190	127.8	385	31.5	8	0.348	71	3.095	76	3.312	89	3.879	109	4.751	353	15.3	74	3.225
I. WEST	47881	1201	246	20.4	6135	128.1	175	28.5	4	0.333	34	2.830	33	2.747	49	4.079	39	3.247	159	13.2	28	2.331
I. EAST	47448	1093	296	27.0	6055	127.6	210	34.6	4	0.365	37	3.385	43	3.934	40	3.659	70	6.404	194	17.7	46	4.208

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* The Deaths in London are stated as Registered in the 52 weeks ending December 27th, both in this and succeeding table.

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TABLE V.

SHEWING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN THE METROPOLIS AND IN ISLINGTON AND ITS SUB-DISTRICTS FROM THE TUBERCULAR CLASS OF DISEASES.

	All deaths, 1856	Tubercular Disease.	Per cent of all deaths.	Scrofula	Per cent of all deaths.	Tabes Mcsenterica.	Per cent of all deaths.	Phthisis	Per cent of all deaths.	Hydrocephalus	Per cent of all deaths.
LONDON	* 56786	9731	17.1	380	0.669	804	1.415	7196	12.672	1351	2.379
ISLINGTON	2294	414	18.0	28	1.220	40	1.743	273	11.900	73	3.182
I. WEST	1201	226	18.8	13	1.082	20	1.665	163	13.572	30	2.497
I. EAST	1093	188	17.2	15	1.372	20	1.829	110	10.064	43	3.934

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TABLE VI.

SHEWING THE SANITARY CONDITION OF TWELVE HUNDRED DWELLINGS OF THE LOWER CLASSES IN ISLINGTON.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
	No. of Houses systematically inspected.	No. of inhabited Rooms.	Mean No. of Rooms in a house.	No. of Inmates.	No. of separate Holdings.	Mean No. of Holdings to a House.	Mean No. of Individuals in a house.	Mean No. of Individuals in a Room.	Mean No. of Individuals to one Holding.	Dirty Houses.	Per cent of Total.	Houses damp, chiefly from foundation.	Per cent of Total.	Dust-bins wanting or defective.	Per cent of Total.	Yards wet, dirty or unwholesome.	Per cent of Total.	Unwholesome or defective Water supply.	Per cent of Total.	Cesspools and unwholesome Privies.	Per cent of Total.	Houses with untrapped Drains.	Per cent of Total.	Ventilation very defective.	Per cent of Total.	Sum of Defects.	Divided by No. of Houses.
West Sub-District.	544	2676	4.9	4490	1203	2.2	8.2	1.6	3.7	123	22.6	44	8.0	329	60.4	74	13.6	44	8.0	330	60.6	255	46.8	22	4	1221	2.24
East Sub-District	656	2176	3.3	5027	1267	1.9	7.6	2.3	3.9	239	36.4	216	32.9	481	73.3	110	16.7	252	38.4	475	72.4	312	47.5	246	37	2531	3.85