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Islington 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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TABLE II.
DEATHS REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR IN EACH SANITARY DISTRICT.
Distinguishing those from certain important Diseases and Classes of Disease. [Deaths in the Workhouse, and also those which could not be correctly referred to their proper District, omitted. ]
| NAME OP DISTRICT. | Total. | Zymotic Diseases. | Tubercular Diseases. | Under 5 years. | Phthisis. | Respiratory Diseases. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Hooping Cough. | Diarrhoea, &c. | Fever. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Highgate Hill | 59 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2. Tulfnell | 49 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 4 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 3. Belle Isle | 36 | 13 | 2 | 21 | ... | 6 | ... | 3 | 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4. Lwr. Holloway | 193 | 53 | 35 | 87 | 21 | 39 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 5. Palmer | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 6. Bermerton | 258 | 100 | 31 | 145 | 25 | 39 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 8 |
| 7. Barnsbury | 143 | 43 | 21 | 54 | 16 | 17 | ... | 2 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 8. Park Street | 37 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... |
| 9. Theberton | 80 | 16 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 12 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 10. Trinity | 115 | 28 | 18 | 38 | 17 | 17 | ... | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 11. St. Thomas | 68 | 23 | 8 | 36 | 5 | 13 | ... | 3 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 12. Wliite Conduit | 42 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 5 | ... | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| 13. Canal | 210 | 78 | 32 | 127 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 7 |
| 14. Battle Bridge | 73 | 19 | 11 | 34 | 9 | 19 | ... | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 15. Archway | 89 | 27 | 9 | 39 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ... | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 16. Hornsey Rise | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| 17. Freehold | 34 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| 18. Hornsey Road | 46 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 6 | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... |
| 19. Queen's Road | 69 | 15 | 11 | 39 | 4 | 11 | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20. Highbury Hill | 18 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| 21. Highbury Yale | 17 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| 22. Canonbury | 141 | 20 | 21 | 50 | 19 | 21 | ... | 3 | 8 | ... | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 23. Rydon | 36 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
| 24. Mildmay | 56 | 20 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 7 | ... | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 25. Kingsland | 67 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 7 | 12 | ... | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... |
| 26. Balls Pond | 87 | 40 | 14 | 54 | 10 | 7 | ... | 19 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 27. Market | 64 | 15 | 13 | 25 | 10 | 10 | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | 3 | 3 |
| 28. Rotherfield | 93 | 22 | 10 | 38 | 8 | 16 | ... | ... | 6 | . . . | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 29. Church | 61 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 14 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 30. Lower Road | 230 | 72 | 45 | 133 | 25 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| 31. Shepherdess | 106 | 23 | 19 | 50 | 13 | 16 | ... | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 32. St. Peter's | 71 | 17 | 15 | 34 | 11 | 10 | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 33. Duncan | 6 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 34. Irish Courts | 29 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 |
| 35. City Road | 44 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 7 | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 |