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Islington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1911
APPENDICITIS.
The deaths due to appendicitis maintain their average record, 24 having
been registered as contrasted with an average of a similar number during the
last 9 years.
The subjoined tabular statement has been prepared to show the ages at which people died from it.
| Ages. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906 | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | Average 1902-10 | 1911. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 5-10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 10-15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 15-20 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 20-25 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 25-35 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 35-45 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | — | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 45-55 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — |
| 55-65 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 |
| 65-75 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 75-85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 85 and upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 32 | 27 | 29 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 24 |
12.5 per cent. of the deaths during 1911 occurred at the age period 5-10
8.3 „ „ „ 10-15
16.7 „ „ „ 15-20
8.3 „ „ „ 20-25
16.7 „ „ 25-35
12.5„ „ 35-45
„ „ „ 45- 55
12.5 „ „ „ 55-65
4.2 ,, „ „ 65-75
8.3 „ „ „ 75-85
100 „ „ „ All ages
SEPTIC DISEASES.
These include Erysipelas, Pyaemia, Septicaemia and so-called Puerperal
Fever, and as a group caused 52 deaths as contrasted with 43 in 1910, and 40
in 1909.