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Islington 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1907] 62
SMALL POX.
No death from this disease was registered in the borough.
MEASLES.
Table XXXVI.
| WARDS. | Small Pox. | Measles, | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued and Ill-defined Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Death-rale from Epidemic Diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | — | 0.35 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.27 | — | — | — | 0.41 | 1.30 |
| Upper Holloway | - | 0.28 | 0.03 | 0.ll | 0.l1 | - | 0.08 | — | 0.42 | 1.01 |
| Tollington | - | 0.08 | 005 | 0.17 | 0.ll | - | 0.17 | — | 0.67 | 0.99 |
| Lower Holloway | - | 1.22 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.22 | - | — | — | 0.96 | 1.38 |
| Highbury | — | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.34 | - | 0.03 | - | 0.ll | 0.77 |
| Mildmay | - | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.16 | — | 0.08 | — | 0.16 | 0.72 |
| Thornhill | — | 0.77 | — | 0.12 | 0.77 | — | 0.09 | — | 0.66 | 2.41 |
| Barnsbury | — | 0.29 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.34 | — | 0.05 | - | 0.59 | 1.52 |
| St. Mary.s | — | 0.ll | 0.06 | 0.34 | 0.11 | — | — | — | 0.29 | 0.91 |
| Canonbury | — | 0.30 | 0.15 | 0.12 | o.39 | — | 0.06 | — | 0.06 | 1.08 |
| St. Peter.s | — | 0.52 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | - | 0.03 | — | 0.42 | 1.42 |
| Total | — | 0.38 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.34 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.29 | 1.24 |
Year.
l86l
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1861-70
Deaths
per 1000
Population.
0.29
0.76
0.63
0.75
0.30
0.83
0.20
0.75
0.33
0.53
0.53
Deaths.
148
120
153
134
78
97
157
108
219
48
1262
Deaths.
46
123
105
129
54
152
39
147
66
110
971
Year.
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
18 77
1878
1879
1880
187-180
Deaths
per 1000
Popuiation.
0.69
0.54
0.67
0.57
032
0.39
0.62
0.41
0.81
0.17
0.52