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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1927]
| DISEASES. | AGES. | Under 5 | Over 5 | DISTRICTS. | Males. | Females. | Totals | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35 | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85- | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | L.H. | H. | B. | S.E. | |||||||
| Dentition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Rickets | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Old Age, Senile Decay | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15 | 91 | 69 | - | 177 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 55 | 122 | 177 | |
| Convulsions | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Meningitis | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Encephalitis | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Apoplexy | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 103 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 39 | 05 | 104 | |
| Softening of Brain | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Hemiplegia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 6 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| General Paralysis of Insane | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 13 | |||
| - | Other forms of Insanity | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebral Tumour | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Epilepsy | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Laryngismus Stridulus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Locomotor Ataxy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Paraplegia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 11 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | - | ||
| - | 1 | - | - | lc | 1 | - | - | 3c | - | - | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| Otitis | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 12 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Disease of Nose, Epis-taxis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Disease of the Eye | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 2 | Pericarditis | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Endocarditis | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 20 | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 5 | - | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 1 | Hypertrophy of Heart | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 1 | Angina Pectoris | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 10 | - | 13 |
| 5 | Aneurism | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 6 | o | - | - | 20 | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | 3 | - | 3 | 16 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Senile Gangrene | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | 13 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 29 | Embolism, Thrombosis | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 40 | 66 |
| 1 | Phlebitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Varicose Veins | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| £40 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 41 | 83 | 123 | 235 | 211 | 56 | 3 | 786 | 105 | 80 | 63 | 80 | 142 | 11 | 201 | 367 | 789 | ||
| 1 | Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 11 | Acute Bronchitis | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 88 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 62 | 96 |
| 60 | Chronic Bronchitis ... | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 17 | 20 | 37 | 67 | 76 | 17 | 6 | 235 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 37 | 46 | 08 | 118 | 123 | 241 |
| 30 | Lobar Pneumonia | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 88 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 31 | 56 | 43 | 'of/ |
| 102 | Lobular Pneumonia ... | CO | 55 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 115 | 121 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 38 | 35 | 51 | 51 | 136 | 100 | 236 |
| 4 | Pneumonia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | lo | 17 | 24 | 41 |
| 11 | Emphysema Asthma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | Pleurisy | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 6 | 11 | - | 19 |
| 49 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 4 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 73 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 39 | 36 | 75 | |
| - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| - | Diseases oi Pharynx | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| - | Diseases of (Esophagus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 9 | 16 | 13 | 6 | - | 1 | - | 46 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 3C | 13 | 4 i |
| - | Other Diseases of the Stomach | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | o | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| 15 | Enteritis | 26 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 33 | 3 | - | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 13 | 36 |
| 9 | Appendicitis ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 31 |
| - | Obstruction of Intestines | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | - | 25 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 32 |
| - | Other Diseases of Intestines | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| 9 | Cirrhosis of Liver | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 22 | 2 | 5 | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| - | Other Diseases of Liver | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| - | Peritonitis | - | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 11 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | c | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | o | 4 | 10 | |
| 1 | Acute Nephritis | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 26 | Bright's Disease | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 11 | 1 | - | 115 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 34 | 60 | 70 | 115 |
| - | Calculus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| - | Diseases of Bladder and Prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | c | 1 7 | - | - | - | 12 | 11 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | I | 1 | 3 | 4 2 | y 1 | 1 5 | 10 2 | 30 9 | 7 | 32 16 | |||||||
| - | Diseases of Testis and Penis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Diseases of Ovaries | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | |
| Diseases of Uterus and Appendages | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | ||
| - | Diseases of Vagina and External Genitals ... | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Diseases of Breast ... | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Abortion, Miscarriage | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| - | Puerperal Mania | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Puerperal Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 1 | Placenta Prajvia.Flood-mg ...... | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
c Encephalitis Lethargica (4)
t I F. 101 ; :-F. 100 yrs.