Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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[1904
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—TABLE IV.
Table G.
Metropolitan Borough of Islington.
CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT. DEATH DURING YEAR, 1904.
Causes of Death | Deaths in or belonging to whole District of Residents at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities of Residents (at all Ages). | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District, whether Residents or Non-residents. | |||||||||||||
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All ages. | Under 1 yr. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury | Barnsbury. | South-East Islington. | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
Small-pox | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Measles | l8l | 51 | 117 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 22 | 14 | 31 | 19 | 42 | 30 | 25 | |
Scarlet Fever | 35 | 1 | 25 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | 83 | 30 | 48 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 7 | 5 | l6 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 8 | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 28 | 2 | 12 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | |
Croup | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 18 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | |
Other contin ued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic Influenza | 48 | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 6 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 260 | 200 | 47 | 1 | .. | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 53 | 28 | 63 | 55 | 9 | |
Enteritis | .. | 20 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | |
Puerperal Fever | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 11 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
Erysipelas | 23 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
Other Septic Diseases | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |
Phthisis | 533 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 80 | 380 | 22 | 50 | 63 | 41 | 73 | 72 | 84 | 150 | 288 | |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 149 | 34 | 70 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 1 | .. | 8 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 33 | 28 | 30 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 323 | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 198 | 117 | 37 | 42 | 34 | 40 | 56 | 51 | 63 | 134 | |
Bronchitis | 534 | 78 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 148 | 275 | 49 | 42 | 35 | 65 | 74 | 104 | 165 | 183 | |
Pneumonia | 392 | 104 | 112 | 9 | 10 | 111 | 46 | 42 | 41 | 38 | 62 | 49 | 64 | 96 | 79 | |
Pleurisy | 26 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 8 | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 40 | 3 | 6 | .. | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | .. | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 11 | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 80 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 69 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 25 | |
Venereal Diseases | 20 | 12 | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Premature Birth | 178 | 178 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 26 | 44 | 42 | 6 | |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 17 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |
Heart Diseases | 674 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 331 | 289 | 92 | 69 | 74 | 80 | 89 | 123 | 147 | 221 | |
Accidents | 158 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 56 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 24 | 32 | 18 | 45 | |
Suicides | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 34 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 13 | |
Homicide | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
All other causes | 1309 | 354 | 76 | 37 | 42 | 387 | 413 | 168 | 150 | 116 | 155 | 227 | 206 | 287 | 474 | |
All causes | 5236 | 1140 | 603 | 165 | 197 | 1858 | 1273 | 571 | 523 | 475 | 693 | 775 | 963 | 1236 | 1619 |