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Islington 1865
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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TABLE II.
SHOWING THE DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES, AND FROM CERTAIN IMPORTANT DISEASES, AND CLASSES OF DISEASE, IN EACH SANITARY DISTRICT.
Deaths in the Workhouse, and also those which could not be correctly referred to their proper District, omitted.
| Population, 1861 | Districts. | Total. | Zymotic Diseases. | Tubercular Diseases. | Under 5 years. | Phthisis. | Respiratory Diseases. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Hooping Cough. | Diarrhœa, &c. | Fever. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3306 | *1. Highgate Hill | 1OO | 38 | 10 | 44 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | I | |
| 4118 | *2. Tufnell | 96 | 22 | 12 | 33 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 2096 | *3. Belle Isle | 55 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 9247 | *4. Lowr.Holloway | 301 | 83 | 37 | 152 | 29 | 53 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 10 | |
| 903 | 5. Palmer | 19 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 11542 | *6. Bemerton | 299 | 98 | 49 | 175 | 34 | 63 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 16 |
| 9039 | 7. Barnsbury | 189 | 30 | 27 | 65 | 19 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2793 | 8. Park Street | 39 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5202 | 9. Theberton | 80 | 22 | 19 | 37 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 5826 | 10. Trinity | 116 | 29 | 22 | 57 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | |
| 3892 | 11. St. Thomas | 79 | 17 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2451 | 12. White Conduit | 66 | 18 | 7 | 35 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 10428 | 13. Canal | 197 | 59 | 32 | 110 | 25 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 7 |
| 2822 | 14. Battle Bridge | 91 | 35 | 11 | 57 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | |
| 5860 | *15. Archway | 186 | 43 | 38 | 88 | 22 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| 1632 | *16. Hornsey Rise | 34 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2097 | *17. Freehold | 90 | 23 | 16 | 59 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | ||
| 2145 | *18. Hornsey Road | 76 | 15 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3053 | *19. Queen's Road | 89 | 25 | 12 | 45 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2231 | 20. Highbury Hill | 32 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1029 | 21. Highbury Yale | 17 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 9299 | 22. Canonbury | 156 | 31 | 21 | 47 | 18 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 3711 | *23. Rydon | 57 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2176 | *24. Mildmay | 77 | 17 | 13 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 4431 | 25. Kingsland | 103 | 33 | 16 | 61 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| 3041 | 26. Balls Pond | 97 | 25 | 16 | 64 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 3739 | *27. Market | 61 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| 5700 | 28. Rotherfield | 118 | 31 | 25 | 46 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | |
| 2685 | 29. Church | 44 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 10539 | 30. Lower Road | 232 | 64 | 37 | 111 | 30 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 7 |
| 5411 | *31. Shepherdess | 134 | 43 | 16 | 69 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 7 | |
| 5609 | 32. St. Peter's | 146 | 29 | 31 | 70 | 24 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 819 | 33. Duncan | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1042 | 34. Irish Courts | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 2979 | 85. City Road | 54 | 14 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
* Districts in which Building was in progress at the time of the Census.