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, Parish of St Mary]
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TABLE I.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN ISLINGTON DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING APRIL 25, 1863.
(Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals excluded.)
West S.D. | East 8.D. | Causes of Death. | At all Ages. | Under 20 years of age. | At 20 and under 40 years of age. | At 40 and under 60 years of age. | At 60 and under 80 years of age. | At 80 years of age and upwards | West S.D. | East S.D. | Causes of Death. | At. all Ages. | Under 20 years ofage. | At 20 and under 40years of age. | At 40 and under 60years of ape. | At 60 and under 80 years of age. | At 80 years of age and upwards |
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162 | 138 | All Causes | 300 | 182 | 27 | 42 | 40 | 9 | 30 | 22 | 3. Respiraty.Orgs. | 52 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
- | 2 | Laryngitis | 2 | 2 | ... | ||||||||||||
17 | 10 | Bronchitis | 27 | ??? | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||
(Classes.) | 1 | Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
10 | 7 | Pneumonia | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
42 | 92 | I. ZYMOTIC DIS | 94 | 79 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Asthma | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
27 | 24 | II. CONSTITUIL | 51 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 1 | Lung Diseases, &c. | 1 | 1 | |||||||
70 | 47 | III. LOCAL | 117 | 52 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4. Digestive Orgs. | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
18 | 15 | IV. DEVELOPMNL | 33 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 5 | l | Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | l | l | Peritonitis | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Not Specified | Ulceration of Intst. | ||||||||||||||||
... | Hernia | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Ileus | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Intussusception | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
(Orders.) | Stricture of Intesti. | ||||||||||||||||
40 | 52 | ???. 1. Miasmatic Dis. | 92 | 78 | 7 | 5 | 2 | Fistula | |||||||||
2 | 8 | Small Pox | 10 | 6 | 1 | Stomach Disea. &c | |||||||||||
2 | 3 | Measles | 5 | 5 | Pancreas Disea. &c. | ||||||||||||
14 | 20 | Scarlatina | 34 | 33 | 1 | ••• | ... | Hepatitis | |||||||||
2 | 3 | Diphtheria | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | Jaundice | 1 | 1 | |||||||
1 | Quinsey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Liver Disease | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
2 | 1 | Croup | 3 | 3 | • • | Spleen Disease | |||||||||||
8 | 10 | Hooping Cough | 18 | 18 | 2 | 5. Urinary organs | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
6 | Typhus & Typhoid | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | l | Nephritis | ||||||||||
Erysipelas | Disease of Bladder | ... | |||||||||||||||
2 | Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nephria | l | • • | 1 | ||||||||
Carbuncle | ... | Diabetes | |||||||||||||||
Influenza | ... | Stone | |||||||||||||||
Dysentery | ... | ... | 1 | Prostate Disease | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | 2 | Diarrhœa | 4 | 4 | • • | Kidney Disease, &c. | |||||||||||
Cholera | 2 | 6. Genera. Orgs. | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Ague | ... | Ovarian Dropsy | |||||||||||||||
Rheumatism | 2 | Uterine Dieases.. | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
2 | 2. Enthetic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7. Orgs. of Locomo | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
2 | Syphilis | 2 | 1 | 1 | Spine Diseases | •• | |||||||||||
Stricture of Urethra | 2 | Bone Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Hydrophobia | ... | 1 | 8. Skin, &c. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Glanders | 1 | Phlegmon | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
3. Dietic | Ulcer | ||||||||||||||||
Privation | ... | Skin Diseases | |||||||||||||||
Want ot Br. Milk | |||||||||||||||||
Purpura and Scurvy | 6 | 3 | IV.1. Dis.of Childrn. | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Alcoholism | 6 | 2 | Premature Birth | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||
4. Parasitic | ... | Cyanosis | ... | ||||||||||||||
Thrush | Spina Bifrda | ||||||||||||||||
Worms | ... | ... | Other Malformats. | 1 | |||||||||||||
1 | Teething | 1 | |||||||||||||||
2 | 4 | II. 1 Diathetic— | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2. Dis. of Adults | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Gout | Child birth | 1 | |||||||||||||||
l | 2 | Dropsy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3. Disease of Aged | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||
l | 1 | Cancer | 2 | l | 5 | 5 | Old Age | 10 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
1 | Noma | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4. Dis. of Nutritn. | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||
Mortification | 7 | 6 | Atrophy and Debil. | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||||
25 | 20 | 2. Tubercular | 45 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||
l | 1 | Scrofula | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | V. 1. Acci. or Neg. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
l | 3 | Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 4 | 1 | Fract. &Coutusns. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
17 | 11 | Phthisis | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | Wounds | ||||||||||
6 | 5 | Hydrocephalus | 11 | 11 | 1 | Burns and Scalds | l | 1 | |||||||||
Poison | |||||||||||||||||
20 | 13 | III. Nervous Syst. | 33 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | Drowning | ||||||||
1 | 1 | Cephalitis | 2 | 2 | 1 | Suffocation | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
... | 3 | Apoplexy | 3 | l | 2 | Otherwise | |||||||||||
7 | 2 | Paralysis | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2. Homicide | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
1 | Insanity | 1 | l | 1 | 3. buicide | 1 | 1 | ... | |||||||||
Chorea | Wounds | ... | |||||||||||||||
1 | 1 | Epilepsy | 2 | 1 | 1 | Poison | |||||||||||
9 | 6 | Convulsions | 15 | 15 | Drowning | ||||||||||||
1 | Brain Diseases, &c. | 1 | 1 | 1 | Hanging | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
11 | 4 | 2. Organs of Circ. | 15 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ... | Otherwise | |||||||||
Pericarditis is | ... | 4. Unclassed | |||||||||||||||
Aneurism | |||||||||||||||||
11 | 4 | Heart Disease | 15 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 |