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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. f | AGES - BOTH SEXS. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 and ; under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | TO T A L S. | |||
| All ages | M | F. | |||||||
| All causes | 171 | 43 | 58 | 523 | 1,095 | 2,254 | 2,125 | 2,018 | |
| 1.Typhoid & paratyphoid fevers | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 3 | – |
| 2.Cerebrospinal fever | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 3.Scarlet fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| A.Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5.Diphtheria | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| 6. Tub. of the resp. system | – | 1 | 2 | 99 | 66 | 21 | 189 | 123 | 66 |
| 7.0ther forms of tuberculosis | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 7 |
| 8.Syphilitic diseases | 1 | – | – | 5 | 14 | 11 | 31 | 24 | 7 |
| 9. Influent | 1 | – | – | 4 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 12 | 15 |
| 10.Measles | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| ll.Ac. Polio-mel & polio-enceph | – | -– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12.Ac.infectious enceph. | – | – | – | l | 2 | – | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 13.Cancer of buc.cav & oesoph(M) | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 26 | — |
| uterus (F) | – | – | – | 4 | 16 | 15 | 35 | – | 35 |
| l4.Canccr of stomach & duodenum | – | – | – | 8 | 38 | 49 | 95 | 59 | 36 |
| 15.Cancer of breast | – | – | – | 2 | 32 | 14 | 48 | – | 48 |
| 16.Cancer of all other sites •4 — | – | – | – | 22 | 109 | 144 | 275 | 154 | 121 |
| 17.Diabetes | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 15 |
| l8.Intra-cranial vascular lesion | – | – | – | 3 | 39 | 190 | 232 | 102 | 130 |
| 19.Heart diseases | – | – | 1 | 43 | 180 | 700 | 924 | 432 | 492 |
| 20.Other diseases of circ. system | – | – | – | 1 | 20 | 85 | 106 | 47 | 59 |
| 21.Bronchitis | 5 | – | – | 9 | 147 | 325 | 486 | 264 | 222 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 38 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 48 | 112 | 224 | 113 | 111 |
| 23.0thcr resp. diseases | -– | – | – | 6 | 41 | 29 | 76 | 42 | 34 |
| 24.Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | – | – | – | 6 | 29 | 26 | 61 | 45 | 16 |
| 25.Diarrhoea under 2 years | 27 | – | – | -– | – | – | 27 | 16 | 11 |
| 26.Appendicitis | -– | – | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 27.Other digestive diseases | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 43 | 74 | 36 | 38 |
| 28.Nephritis | – | – | 3 | 8 | 30 | 50 | 91 | 40 | 51 |
| 20.Puerperal & post-ebort: sepsis | – | – | – | 2 | -– | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| 30.Other maternal causes | – | -– | – | 4 | ' -– | – | 4 | – | 4 |
| 31.Premature birth | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | 38 | 21 | 17 |
| 32.Con: mal: birth Inj: infant: dis: | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 42 | 22 | 20 |
| 33.Suicide | – | – | -– | 8 | 21 | 9 | 38 | 26 | 12 |
| 34.Road traffic accidents | – | – | 1 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 20 | 12 |
| 35.Other violent causes | 12 | 21 | 31 | 195 | 141 | 133 | 533 | 282 | 251 |
| 36.All other causes | 6 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 64 | 229 | 346 | 173 | 173 |