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Islington 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington]
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1934] 26
deaths of inhabitants of Islington in Institutions outside the Borough were 917.
The total deaths of Islingtonians in all Institutions were 2,521, and the proportion
per 100 deaths from all causes equalled 63.7.
Transferable Deaths. —During the year 52 deaths of residents that had
occurred in outlying Institutions and other places in Provincial Boroughs were
transferred by the Registrar-General to Islington.
MORTALITY FROM THE PRINCIPAL EPIDEMIC DISEASES.
Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria, Fevers—
Typhus, Enteric and Continued—and Diarrhoeal Diseases.
During the year 145 persons died from these diseases, the death-rate being
0.46 per 1,000 inhabitants, as contrasted with 0.49 in the corresponding period
last year, and a decennial average mortality of 172 and a death-rate of 0.53 per
1,000.
In London the death-rate from epidemic disease was 0.40.
Locally the deaths in the Sub-Registration Districts and Wards were as
follows :—
| Sub-Registration Districts. | Wards | Enteric Fever. | Small Pox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Enteritis and Diarrhoea. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | Tufnell | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | - | - | 3 | _ | 2 | - | 5 | 10 |
| Tollington | Tollington | - | - | 5 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| Highbury | Highbury | - | - | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| Mildmav | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | |
| Barnsbury | Thornhill | - | - | 7 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Barnsbury | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Islington South East | St. Mary's | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Canonbury | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| St. Peter's | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | |
| The Borough | 1 | - | 39 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 53 | 146 | |
| Total Death Rates | 0.00 | - | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.46 | |