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Islington 1927

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

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Table: Showing theDeathsandDeath Ratesof Islington in1927,and. in the fourquarters of the year, and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period, the mean Borough Death Rates for the10years1917-26and the deaths and death-rates in the year1926.

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Showing theDeathsandDeath Ratesof Islington in1927,and. in the fourquarters of the year, and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period, the mean Borough Death Rates for the10years1917-26and the deaths and death-rates in the year1926.

Quarter.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Death Rates.
Quarter.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Islington, 1927.	Islington, 1917-26.	London, 1927.	107 Great Towns. 1927.
First	697	756	1,453	Islington, 1927.	Islington, 1917-26.	London, 1927.	107 Great Towns. 1927.	18.3	17.5	16.8	17.4
Second	452	394	846	10.1	12.2	10.0	10.7
Third	399	342	741	8.9	10.3	8.7	9.2
Fourth	554	530	1,084	13.0	15.0	11.7	11.9
The Year 1927	2,102	2,022	4,124	12.3	13.8	11.9	12.2
1926	2,065	2,025	4,090	12.0	12.3	11.6	11.6
Increase or Decrease	+ 37	— 3	+ 34	+ 0 3	+ 1.5	+ 0.3	+ 0.6

Table: Causes of Death (Classified).—The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1917-26 and in 1927.

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Causes of Death (Classified).—The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1917-26 and in 1927.

Classified Causes of Death.	Years.										Mean 10 years		Difference.
Classified Causes of Death.	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	Mean 10 years	1927	Difference.
I. Specific or Febrile Causes	391	1361	579	552	464	639	273	391	286	285	522	355	-	167
1. Miasmatic Diseases	293	1258	466	437	301	546	155	316	191	204	417	266	-	151
2. Diarrhoeal ,,	56	51	36	28	85	29	40	20	15	29	39	19	-	20
3. Malarial „	-	2	2	2	-	-	—	—	—	—	—	—	-	-
4. Zoogenous „	2	—	1	2	1	—	—	2	3	—	1	—	-	1
5. Venereal „	15	15	13	13	17	17	20	9	8	5	13	12	-	1
6. Septic ,,	25	35	61	70	60	47	58	44	69	47	52	58	+	6
II. Parasitic Diseases	1	—	1	1	-	3	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	1
III. Dietetic	3	4	2	2	4	7	2	3	3	2	3	4	+	1
IV. Constitutional Diseases	1114	1101	973	918	985	935	945	945	1054	882	985	878	-	107
V. Developmental	486	520	657	556	486	477	377	396	404	467	483	289	-	194
VI. Local	2344	2596	2177	2172	2203	2362	2106	2290	2211	2255	2272	2415	+	143
1. Diseases of Nervous System	351	330	322	341	345	330	294	290	291	307	320	213	—	107
2. „ Organs of Special Sense	14	10	11	20	13	9	16	14	10	16	13	16	+	3
3. ,, Circulatory System	681	691	654	592	651	734	745	822	740	802	711	929	+	218
4. ,, Respiratory „	887	1156	770	822	717	903	598	797	756	709	812	835	+	23
5. „ Digestive ,,	243	246	215	224	260	204	259	192	225	223	229	203	-	26
6. ,, Lymphatic ,,	9	3	11	10	14	11	11	8	7	19	10	10		-
7. „ Urinary ,,	130	137	151	129	168	134	157	136	142	142	144	179	+	35
8. ,, Reproductive ,,	18	8	17	20	13	20	10	15	20	19	16	19	+	3
a ,, Orgs, of Generation	12	2	7	7	8	5	4	6	10	3	5	7	+	2
b ,, of Parturition	6	6	10	13	5	15	6	9	10	16	11	12	+	1
9. ,, Bones and Joints	5	9	12	5	3	8	8	10	10	11	8	8	-
10. „ Integumentary System	6	6	14	9	19	9	8	6	10	7	9	3	-	6
VII. Violence	159	156	162	179	142	137	151	156	169	169	158	168	+	10
1. Accident or Negligence	122	115	132	140	99	94	105	115	124	124	117	136	+	19
2. Homicide	1	3	2	2	3	3	8	2	2	3	3	—	—	3
3. Suicide	11	27	28	37	40	39	38	39	42	42	34	32	—	2
4. Execution	-	-	-	-	-	1	—	—	1	—	—	—		-
5. By Bombs (Enemy Aircraft)	25	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	—	4	—	—	4
VIII. Ill-Defined Causes	102	103	89	95	84	54	47	39	32	29	67	15	—	52
All Causes	4600	5841	4640	4475	4368	4614	3902	4222	4160	4090	4491	4124	—	367

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Islington 1927

Table: Showing theDeathsandDeath Ratesof Islington in1927,and. in the fourquarters of the year, and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period, the mean Borough Death Rates for the10years1917-26and the deaths and death-rates in the year1926.

Table: Causes of Death (Classified).—The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1917-26 and in 1927.