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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]
| Deaths in Institutions within Borough. | 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. | |||||||
| Puerperal Thrombosis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||
| Arthritis, Ostitis, Peri- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | _- | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Ul:er, Bedsore | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Eczema | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Pemphigus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Accidents and Negligence. | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | In Vehicular Traffic | - | 3 | r> | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 14 | 60 |
| 2 | On Railways | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| On Ships, Boats, etc. (not drowning) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2 | In Building Operation | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 4 |
| By Machinery | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| By Weapons and Implements | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 4 | Burns and Scalds | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | Poisons, Poisonous Vapours | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | Surgical Narcosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Effects of Electric Shock | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Corrosions by Chemicals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Drowning | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Suffocation, Overlaid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Suffocation, Otherwise | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 15 | Falls, not specified | - | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 32 |
| Weather Agencies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 1 | Otherwise, not stated | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | - | 4 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| By Poison | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | 20 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 20 | |
| By Asphyxia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| By Hanging and Strangulation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| By Drowning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| By Shooting | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| By Cut or Stab | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 1 | By Precipitation from Elevated Places | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 |
| By Crushing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| By other and unspecified methods | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Execution | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sudden Death, cause not ascertained | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ill-defined and unspecified causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Males | 195 | 120 | 30 | 25 | 33 | 45 | 88 | 158 | 289 | 355 | 419 | 291 | 55 | 315 | 1788 | 206 | 212 | 190 | 243 | 340 | 375 | 536 | - | - | 2100 | |
| Females | 129 | 82 | 28 | 21 | 36 | 35 | 102 | 123 | 199 | 291 | 411 | 413 | 151 | 211 | 1810 | 204 209 | 189 | 217 | 38G | 338 | 479 | - | - | 2023 | ||
| 1,049 | TOTAL DEATHS | 324 | 202 | 58 | 46 | 69 | 80 | 190 | 281 | 488 | 646 | 830 | 704 | 206 | 526 | 3598 | 410 | 421 | 379 | 460 | 726 | 713 | 1015 | 2102 | 2022 | 4124 |