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Islington 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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Table: TABLE I.DEATHS REGISTERED IN ISLINGTON DURING FIVE WEEKS ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1870.(Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals excluded).

TABLE I.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN ISLINGTON DURING FIVE WEEKS ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1870.

(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 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 ol age and upwards.
210222All Causes432066963G92551463. Respirat. Orgs97411910334
l2Laryngitis33............
3027Bronchitis571946262
(Classes.)......Pleurisy..................
5359I. ZYMOTIC DIS.11286186111613Pneumonia29184232
4037II. CON STITUTL772526204213Asthma4......13...
31LUng Diseases. &c.41111...
96101III. LOCAL19770243657106104- Digestive Orgs161285...
2...Gastritis2.......2......
1823IV. DEVEL0PMNL4121...1712...1Enteritis11............
32V. VIOLENT DTHS64 I1............1Peritonitis1......1......
...1Ascites1.........1...
......Not Specified........................Ulceration of Intes..................
1...Hernia1......1......
(Orders.)1............1Ileus1...1.........
......Intussusception...............
5056I. 1. Miasmatic Dis.1068216611l...Stricture of Inte1......1......
89Small Pox17ll42............Fistula..................
12Measles33...............1Stomach Dis., &e].........I...
1728Scarlatina454221............Pancrcas Dis., ike..................
42Diphtheria651............2Hepatitis2......11...
......quinsey........................Jaundice..................
25Croup77............23Liver Disease5...122...
5...Hooping Cough55..................Spleen Disease..................
75Typhus & Typhoid12...461......215. Urinary Orgs.3......12...
25F.rvsipclas7.....................Nephritis..................
...Pycemia..................1...Disease ot Bladdcl.........l...
1...Puerperal Fever1...1...............Nephria..................
......Carbuncle........................Diabetes..................
......Influenza........................Stone..................
......Dv«entery........................Prostrate Disease ...................
2...Diarrhoea21...l......11Kidney Disease,&c.2......1l...
......Cholera........................6. Genera. 0rgan..................
......ague........................Ovarian Dropsy..................
1...Rheumatism1...1...............Uterine Diseases..................
312. Enthetic422.........l...7. Orgs.ofLocom11............
21Syphilis321.........l...Spine Diseases11............
1...Stricture of Urethra1...1...............Bone Diseases..................
......Hydrophobia..................118. Skin, &c2l......1...
......Glanders........................Phlegmon & Abscess..................
...23. Dietic22..................Ulcer..................
......Privation..................l1Skin Diseases21......l...
...2Want ot Br. Milk22............_____
......Purpura and Scurvy..................44IV. 1. Dis. of Childn.88...
......Alcoholism..................24Premature Birth66......
......4. Parasitic........................Cyanosis............
......Thrust........................Spina Bifida...............
...Worms..................2...Other Malformation22......
........................Teething.........
910II. 1. Diathetic19337421...2. Dis. of Adults1......1......
...1Gout1.........1.........Paramenia.........
21Dropsy3......1111...Childbirth1......1
...2Hemorrhage211.........7123. Dis. of Aged19......712
65Cancer11l2611712Old Age19......712
......Noma..................674. Dis. of Nutritn1313......
11Mortification2l......1...67Atrophy & Debility1313......
31272. Tubercular58222313......
2...Scrotula4 424 6... 2313......3 21V.I. Acce. or Neg.431
13Tabes Meaenterica...Fract. and Contus.21l...
91Hydrocephalus10|10...1...Wounds Burns and Scalds11......
2630111. 1. Nervous Syst5624612122...1Poison1l......
......Drowning.........
43Cephalitis/7...............Suffocation............
56Apoplexy1111452.........Otherwise...............
411Paralysis15152562...12. Homicide11......
......Insanity.........................3. Suicide...............
......Chorea...........................Wounds.........
......Epilepsy..................l...Poisou...............
98Convulsions171/..................Drowning.........
42Brain Diseases, &c6......24.........Suffocat.and Hang.............
9132. Organs of Uirc.222754.........Otherwise...............
......Pericarditis........................4. Unclassed............
1...aneurisml...1......
813Heart Disease2126544