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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1896
Forty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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TABLE H. (Local Goverment Board Return) Death during the year 1896 in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Lilington, classified according to diseases, Ages and Localities.
| Sub-Districts. | Mortality from all causes at subjoined Ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes distinguishing Deaths or Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At allages. | Under1 year. | 1and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15and under | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoeaand Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | All Other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric orTyphoid. | Continued | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Upper Holloway | 1,603 | 395 | 276 | 84 | 57 | 489 | 302 | Under | ... | 7 | 57 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 46 | 83 | 47 | ... | 10 | 130 | 2 | ... | 19 | 267 | 671 |
| 1 | 10 | 29 | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 113 | 112 | 135 | 7 | 35 | 455 | 932 | |||||||||
| Islington, South West | 2,099 | 561 | 388 | 106 | 77 | 638 | 329 | Under 5 | ... | 9 | 62 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 137 | 62 | 46 | ... | 20 | 190 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 385 | 949 |
| 5 upwds | ... | 8 | 33 | 1 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 184 | 166 | 128 | 8 | 44 | 543 | 1,150 | ||||||||
| Islington, South East | 1,186 | 288 | 213 | 50 | 54 | 375 | 205 | Under 5 | ... | 9 | 22 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 53 | 48 | 26 | ... | 13 | 88 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 213 | 501 | |
| 5 upwds | ... | 4 | 14 | ... | ... | 8 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 112 | 90 | 84 | 3 | 28 | 324 | 684 | ||||||||
| Highbury | 997 | 246 | 131 | 37 | 40 | 310 | 233 | Under 5 | ... | 8 | 20 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 55 | 4 | ... | 15 | 176 | 377 | |
| 5 upwds | ... | 2 | 10 | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 72 | 92 | 74 | 10 | 19 | 315 | 620 | ||||||||
| Totals* | 5,884 | 1,490 | 1,008 | 277 | 228 | 1,812 | 1,069 | Under ft | ... | 33 | 161 | 9 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 272 | 222 | 141 | 1 | 49 | 463 | 11 | 5 | 80 | 1,041 | 2,498 |
| 5 upwds | 1 | 24 | 86 | 1 | ... | 42 | 1 | ... | 11 | ... | 11 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 481 | 460 | 421 | 28 | 126 | 1,637 | 3,386 | ||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | These deaths are included in above total. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 523 | 38 | 32 | 20 | 26 | 329 | 78 | Under 5 | ... | 2 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | 2 | ... | 7 | 14 | 1 | ... | 1 | 30 | 72 |
| 5 upwds | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 126 | 94 | 37 | 1 | 22 | 155 | 451 | ||||||||
* These totals include Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions in the District.