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Islington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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71 [1914
Considerable space has been given in recent reports to the discussion of
the cause of this disease, and it need only now be stated that there is at present
no further light to be thrown on it; the fons et origo mali has yet to be found.
But it is some little consolation to know that in all civilised countries scientists of high eminence are endeavouring to discover and to devise a cure.
| Ages. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906 | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912 | 1913. | average 1904-1913 | 1914. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| 5-15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | |
| 15-25 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | |
| 25-35 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 13 | ||
| 35-45 | 43 | 22 | 35 | 39 | 27 | 40 | 32 | 25 | 31 | 37 | ||
| 45-55 | 61 | 74 | 90 | 64 | 63 | 79 | 72 | 67 | 71 | 83 | 69 | |
| 55-65 | 84 | 95 | 110 | 95 | 112 | 96 | 100 | 92 | 130 | 99 | 121 | |
| 65-75 | 90 | 92 | 74 | 102 | 93 | 94 | 85 | 87 | 86 | 115 | 96 | |
| 75-85 | 22 | 25 | 38 | 27 | 39 | 34 | 47 | 31 | 51 | 49 | 40 | |
| 85&up-wards | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
| 323 | 328 | 363 | 348 | 367 | 353 | 361 | 329 | 382 | 404 | 384 |
| Quarters. | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington, South-East | The Borough. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 19 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 119 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 88 | ||
| 9 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 92 | ||
| 5 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 22 | 85 | ||
| 32 | 63 | 27 | 46 | 71 | 84 | 384 | ||
| 0.94 | 0.92 | 1.19 | 1.07 | 1.35 | 1.12 | 1.18 |