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Hornsey 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: From this will be seen the general sanitary condition of these districts compared one with another. I also state the annual general death and zymotic death-rates of the 33 largest English towns.

From this will be seen the general sanitary condition of these districts compared one with another. I also state the annual general death and zymotic death-rates of the 33 largest English towns.

Sanitary Area.Estimated population in the middle of 1898.Notified cases of Infectious Disease.Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases.Deaths from all causes.Death-rate per 1,000 living.Deaths of Infants under One Year to 1,000 Births.
Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria. *Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Other continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Cholera.Total.Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria. †Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Other continued Fevers.Diarrhoea.Total.Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.
London4,504,7663216,89411,855163,024552475,1692337,3158.313,0695811,7562,157355494,35212,4822.7782,03718.3166
St. Pancras243,4162980499—22021832142,0468.4—111539687—41—2146022.494,65119.2170
Islington344,616—1,3365452237119280—2,4207.0—3342690180136—2919582.785,71216.6159
Hampstead78,755—242135—47—141—46659-2631927—101241101.4091711.7125
Pinchley21,007—9112—9——6—1185.6—6——6—3—24391.8521810.3136
Hornsey70,054—168100—31——51—3504.9—14—118—4—15520.745948.47117
33 great town—-—-----------------—2.85—19.0178

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* Including cases of Membranous Croup. † Including deaths from Membranous Croup.