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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During the epidemic the different wards of the Parish suffered in the order shown in the following Table.
Cases of Sickness. | Deaths. | Per Centage of recorded cases. | Population in 1881. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. Upper Holloway | 101 | 7 | 7.0 | 67,946 |
2. Lower Holloway | 102 | 9 | 8.8 | 37,191 |
3. Highbury | 55 | 9 | 16.3 | 52,048 |
4. Thornhill | 65 | 5 | 7.6 | 32,905 |
5. Barnsbury | 54 | 10 | 18.5 | 21,984 |
6. St. Mary's | 64 | 10 | 15.6 | 15,192 |
7. Canonbury | 37 | 6 | 16.2 | 25,842 |
8. St. Peter's | 110 | 7 | 6.3 | 29,757 |
588 | 63 | 10.7 | 282,865 |