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Islington 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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[1907
Table XXXI.
Showing the Corrected Mean Number of Deaths from the principal
Epidemic Diseases, 1887.1906, and in 1907.
Diseases.
Corrected Average
Number of Deaths
18871906.
1907
Decrease.
Small Pox
4
..
.
4
Measles
190
130
.
60
Scarlet Fever
50
24
.
26
Diphtheria
118
42
.
76
Whooping Cough
164
120
.
44
Typhus Fever
..
..
.
—
Enteric Fever
41
13
.
28
Continued & Ill.defined Fevers
1
..
.
1
Diarrhoea
200
103
.
97
The above Diseases
768
432
—
336
The following statement shows the relative position occupied by Islington
with respect to the Epidemic Diseases in the country and in the neighbouring
metropolitan boroughs :—
Epidemic
death.rates.
England and Wales 1.26 per 1,000 inhabitants.
76 Great Towns 1.54 RS„ „ RS
142 Smaller Towns 1.29 RS RS„ „
Rural Districts 0.91 „ „RS RS
St. Pancras 1.17 RS „ „
Stoke Newington 1.02 RS RS„ „
Hackney 1.37 „ „
Hornsey 0.55 „ „
Finsbury 1.83 „ RS„
Shoreditch 3.01 „ „
Encircling Boroughs 1.48 „ „
West London Districts 1.17 RS RS„ „
North „ „ 1.15 „ „
Central „ „ 1.53 „ „
East „ „ 2.16 „ „
South „ „ 1.37 „ „
County of London 1.42 RS „ „
Islington 1.24 „ „
The
Encircling
Boroughs
County of
London

Table: Table XXX.Showing theDeathsfrom the principalEpidemic Diseasesfor the Twenty.two years1885.1906and in1907.

Table XXX.

Showing theDeathsfrom the principalEpidemic Diseasesfor the Twenty.two years1885.1906and in1907.

Years.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple and Undefined Fevers.Diarrhœal Diseases.Totals.Death.Rate.
188512929436167210363—19710993.69
18863632672214260—3207602.52
1887—3355946240245—30910363.39
1888—1476450231159—1627142.31
1889—177406286—61—1786042 .01
1890—2026581204—39—1807712.44
1891—22450.178255132—1598992.81
1892317953170161—4111897972 .47
189321199420018114822378842.70
1894319969218188—36—958082.44
18951135661448113031896501 .94
1890128857257234—46215310383.07
189719761131130—44—1746381. 89
1898—325269316813612839332.77
1899—15533128160—47—2587812 .32
1900115924106142—4621806601 .96
190181513013485—4711726281 .87
19025311440104152—451996081.80
1903—1202443152—2211094711.39
19041181352883—18—2606061.78
190511233734111—17—2065291.54
1906—187373274—]9—2135621.63
1907—1302442120—13—1034321.24