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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1910]
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INFLUENZA.
This infectious disease caused 36 deaths during the year, as compared
with 70 in 1909 and 81 in 1908, and an average of 75 in the twelve years
1898-1909. The return is also the lowest experienced in this period.
The following statement, which gives the incidence of the disease at the several ages of life from 1898 to 1909 is reprinted from the report of last year, to which has been added the return for 1910 and the averages for the years 1898-1909.
| Ages. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909 | Average. 1898-1909. | 1910. | Departure from average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – 2 |
| 5-10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | –1 |
| 10-15 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 15-20 | 4 | 4 | 9 | – | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – I |
| 25-35 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | – 3 |
| 35-45 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 | – 7 |
| 45-55 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 5 | – 5 |
| 55-65 | 15 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 5 | – 8 |
| 65-75 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 5 | – 11 |
| 75-85 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 8 | – 3 |
| 85 and up | 1 | 4 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | + 2 |
| wards | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 65 | 126 | 149 | 46 | 83 | 40 | 48 | 54 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 70 | 75 | 36 | – 39 |