Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN—TABLE III.
Metropolitan Borough of Islington.
CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH DURING YEAR, 1914.
Causes of Death | Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without the District. | Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or " Nonresidents" in Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 16 yrs | 15 and under 25 yrs. | 25 and under 45 yrs. | 45 and under 65 yrs. | 65 and up. wards. | |||
I | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | - II | |
All causes | Certified | 4938 | 849 | 232 | 189 | 183 | 176 | 685 | 1242 | 1382 | 1691 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | 14 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 7 | 2 | .. | 3 | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 97 | 14 | 47 | 34 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 48 | |
Scarlet Fever | 23 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | |
Whooping Cough | 83 | 43 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 30 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | 44 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 16 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | |
Influenza | 30 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | |
Erysipelas | 20 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 461 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 66 | 201 | 156 | 14 | 266 | |
Tubercular Meningitis | 60 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 18 | |
OtherTuberculous Diseases | 47 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 26 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 384 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 48 | 190 | 142 | 183 | |
Rheumatic Fever | 14 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 2 | I | 3 | .. | 1 | |
Meningitis | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Organic Heart Disease | 460 | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | 18 | 56 | 172 | 203 | 243 | |
Bronchitis | 437 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 108 | 235 | 180 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 400 | 85 | 54 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 52 | 90 | 60 | 142 | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 59 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 21 | |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 265 | 185 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 125 | |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 19 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .. | 16 | |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 25 | 6 | 30 | |
Alcoholism | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
Nephritis and Bright's Diseases | 160 | .. | 2 | I | 7 | 5 | 22 | 82 | 41 | 66 | |
Puerperal Fever | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | .. | .. | 3 | |
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | 4 | |
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 294 | 286 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 168 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 26 | 36 | 34 | 51 | |
Suicide | 33 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 18 | 4 | ||
Other Defined Diseases | 1273 | 111 | 15 | 10* | 45* | 41 | 147 | 301 | 603 | 191 | |
Diseases ill-defined or un known | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
4938 | 849 | 232 | 189 | i»3 | 176 | 685 | 1242 | 1382 | 1691 | ||
Sob-Entries—included in above figures;— Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Poliomyelitis | 2 | .. | .. | 1* | 1* | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |