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73 [1907
Table XLVI.

WHOOPING COUGH.
Whooping cough, although causing 44 fewer deaths than the average of
the twenty years 1885-1906, was nevertheless more fatally prevalent than in
the previous three years, having caused 120 deaths, as compared with 74 in
1906, 111 in 1905, and 83 in 1904, with a resulting death-rate of 0.34 per 1,000
of the population. In proportion to their populations, the disease was most
prevalent in the sub-districts of Lower Holloway and Barnsbury, and least
prevalent in Tollington and South-East Islington.
It is also to be noted that, of the 120 deaths, no less than 100 occurred in
the first six months of the year.
Table XLVII.
Showing the Deaths from Whooping Cough in the Sub-Districts
for each Quarter and for the Year.
Sub-Districts.
1st Quarter.
2nd Quarter.
3rd Quarter.
4th Quarter.
Whole Year.
Tufnell
6
7
2
1
16
Upper Holloway
4
6
3
1
14
Tollington
..
3
..
1
4
Lower Holloway
6
7
2
2
17
Highbury
8
5
5
..
18
Barnsbury
14
16
2
1
33
Islington, South East
8
10
..
..
18
The Borough
46
54
14
6
120