Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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Table K.
Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages.) | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||
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AH ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Upper Holloway. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington South-East. | |||
Small Pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 159 | 42 | 107 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .. | 34 | 45 | 11 | 30 | 39 | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | 21 | 2 | 12 | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |
Whooping Cough | 142 | 68 | 70 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 46 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 38 | .. | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 106 | 5 | 62 | 36 | .. | 3 | .. | 29 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 28 | 76 | |
Croup | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 46 | .. | .. | 9 | 12 | 25 | .. | 19 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 31 | |
Other continued | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |
Epidemic Influenza | 149 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 69 | 65 | 49 | 18 | 27 | 27 | 28 | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diarrhœa | 180 | 148 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 66 | 18 | 29 | 34 | 33 | .. | |
Enteritis | 128 | 88 | 14 | 2 | .. | 14 | 10 | 25 | 19 | 26 | 25 | 33 | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | |
Erysipelas | 17 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | |
Other Septic Diseases | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | |
Phthisis | 602 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 79 | 438 | 17 | 173 | 88 | 87 | 89 | 165 | .. | |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 108 | 51 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 4 | .. | 24 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 38 | .. | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 303 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 209 | 88 | 96 | 36 | 53 | 57 | 61 | .. | |
Bronchitis | 560 | 119 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 170 | 200 | 129 | 83 | 92 | 113 | 143 | .. | |
Pneumonia | 493 | 118 | 90 | 9 | 15 | 194 | 67 | 156 | 55 | 57 | 104 | 121 | .. | |
Pleurisy | 32 | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | .. | |
Other Diseses of Respiratory Orgens | 47 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .. | 18 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | .. | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 96 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 81 | 14 | 31 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 22 | .. | |
Venereal Diseases | 22 | 17 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 6 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .. | |
Premature Birth | 176 | 176 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 51 | 19 | 18 | 40 | 48 | .. | |
Diseases and Accidents of parturitions | 21 | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 14 | .. | 10 | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 | .. | |
Heart Diseases | 482 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 29 | 262 | 163 | 142 | 49 | 88 | 78 | 125 | .. | |
Accidents | 167 | 46 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 32 | 38 | 25 | 21 | 39 | 44 | .. | |
Suicides | 26 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | .. | |
All other causes | 1620 | 403 | 94 | 36 | 56 | 465 | 566 | 468 | 197 | 293 | 267 | 395 | 1407 | |
All causes | 5721 | 1344 | 612 | 183 | 233 | 2088 | 1261 | 1635 | 738 | 932 | 1004 | 1412 | 1542 |