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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Mary (Islington) 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St. Mary ]
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T ABLE N O . V.
Shewing the Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases for the past Seven Years.
| Estimated Population in the Middle of the Year. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric (Typhoid Fever) | Diarrhœa. | Total. | Death-Rate per 1,000 Population. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884 | 309,839 | 36 | 125 | 57 | 114 | 268 | ... | 83 | 266 | 949 | 3.0 |
| 1885 | 318,638 | 38 | 289 | 29 | 138 | 200 | ... | 55 | 191 | 940 | 2.9 |
| 1886 | 327,687 ' | ... | 64 | 25 | 54 | 205 | ... | 48 | 307 | 703 | 2.1 |
| 1887 | 336,993 | 2 | 331 | 50 | 27 | 238 | ... | 39 | 291 | 978 | 2.9 |
| 1888 | 346,563 | ... | 151 | 50 | 35 | 230 | ... | 49 | 146 | 661 | 1.9 |
| 1889 | 356,405 | 180 | 44 | 112 | ... | 170 | 595 | 1.6 | |||
| 190 | 366,526 | ... | 185 | 29 | 47 | 200 | ... | 35 | 169 | 665 | 1.8 |
| * Varicella (Chicken Pox.) | |||||||||||