Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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TABLE VI.
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DEATHS DURING THREE YEARS IN THE SEVERAL SANITARY DISTRICTS, WITH THE DEATH RATE IN EACH ON THE MEAN OF THREE YEARS.
| Name of District. | All Causes. | Three Tears' Mean. | Mean Mortality per 1000 of Population. | Zymotic. | Tubercular. | Under 5 Years. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860. | 1861. | 1862. | 1860. | 1861. | 1862. | 1860. | 1861. | 1862. | 1860. | 1861. | 1862. | |||
| *1. Higligate Hill | 38 | 46 | 59 | 47.6 | 14.4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 27 |
| *2. Tuffnell | 46 | 49 | 49 | 48.0 | 10.8 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 19 |
| 3. Belle Isle | 32 | 26 | 36 | 31.3 | 14.9 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 21 |
| *4. Lwr. Holloway | 174 | 187 | 193 | 184.6 | 19.2 | 43 | 54 | 53 | 24 | 37 | 35 | 91 | 93 | 87 |
| 5. Palmer | 24 | 14 | 8 | 15.3 | 16.9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| *6. Bemerton | 230 | 255 | 258 | 247.3 | 21.4 | 58 | 86 | 100 | 34 | 35 | 31 | 153 | 152 | 145 |
| 7. Barnsbury | 119 | 150 | 143 | 137.3 | 15.1 | 30 | 39 | 43 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 43 | 57 | 54 |
| 8. Park Street | 37 | 41 | 37 | 38.3 | 13.7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 18 |
| 9. Theberton | 107 | 105 | 80 | 97.3 | 18.9 | 23 | 29 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 50 | 39 | 35 |
| 10. Trinity | 96 | 112 | 115 | 107.6 | 18.4 | 17 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 52 | 38 |
| 11. St. Thomas | 76 | 69 | 68 | 71.0 | 18.2 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 36 |
| 12. White Conduit | 61 | 42 | 42 | 48.3 | 19.7 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 26 | 21 |
| 13. Canal | 194 | 188 | 210 | 197.3 | 18.9 | 58 | 61 | 78 | 29 | 26 | 32 | 100 | 109 | 127 |
| 14. Battle Bridge | 67 | 63 | 73 | 67.6 | 23.9 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 34 |
| *15. Archway | 74 | 83 | 89 | 82.0 | 13.9 | 17 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 31 | 23 | 39 |
| *16. Hornsey Rise | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14.3 | 8.7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| *17. Freehold | 31 | 39 | 34 | 34.6 | 16.5 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 16 |
| *18. Hornsey Road | 36 | 23 | 46 | 35.0 | 16.7 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 15 |
| *19. Queen's Road | 61 | 50 | 69 | 60.0 | 19.6 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 39 |
| 20. Highbury Hill | 24 | 26 | 18 | 22.6 | 10.1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| 21. Highbury Vale | 23 | 19 | 17 | 19.6 | 19.1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 8 |
| 22. Canonbury | 131 | 146 | 141 | 139.3 | 14.9 | 22 | 31 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 21 | 48 | 53 | 50 |
| *23. Rydon | 33 | 48 | 36 | 39.0 | 10.5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
| *24. Mildmay | 37 | 37 | 56 | 43.3 | 19.9 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 22 |
| 25. Kingsland | 106 | 93 | 67 | 88.6 | 20.0 | 20 | 28 | 15 | 20 | 13 | ]5 | 57 | 50 | 41 |
| 26. Balls Pond | 78 | 102 | 87 | 89.0 | 29.2 | 23 | 38 | 40 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 54 |
| *27. Market | 51 | 42 | 64 | 52.3 | 13.9 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 15 | 25 |
| 28. Rotherfield | 103 | 106 | 93 | 100.6 | 17.6 | 25 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 52 | 56 | 38 |
| 29. Church | 60 | 54 | 61 | 58.3 | 21.7 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 23 |
| 30. Lower Road | 217 | 227 | 230 | 224.6 | 21.3 | 37 | 58 | 72 | 29 | 36 | 45 | 118 | 131 | 133 |
| *31. Shepherdess | 85 | 115 | 106 | 102.0 | 18.8 | 25 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 36 | 58 | 50 |
| 32. St. Peter's | 85 | 119 | 71 | 91.6 | 16.3 | 11 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 27 | 15 | 43 | 51 | 34 |
| 33. Duncan | 9 | 13 | 6 | 9.3 | 11.3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 34. Irish Courts | 33 | 24 | 29 | 28.6 | 27.5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 19 |
| 35. City Road | 55 | 52 | 44 | 50.3 | 16.8 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 27 | 17 |
The Districts marked thus (*) are those which at the time of the Census were increasing in population, as indicated
by the erection of new houses