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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 1897

Forty-second annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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Table: Table C. Showing Deaths from All Causes during the Year 1897. (Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals excluded). (Deaths of Residents in Public Institutions are distributed).

Table C. Showing Deaths from All Causes during the Year 1897. (Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals excluded). (Deaths of Residents in Public Institutions are distributed).

Causes of Death.Under 11to55 to 1515to 2525 to3535 to 4545to 5555to 6565 to7575 to 8585 to 9595 and upwards.Under5Over5Males.Females.Totals.
I. Specific. Febrile &c.2422787820321815131292...520199365354719
II. Parasitic Diseases...................................................
III. Dietic Diseases3.........41385............330171633
IV. Constitutional Diseases10694419911019817713094323...2008845994851084
V. Developmental Diseases2131............1662163433214278209283492
VI. Local Diseases4632767610113622027937040023439...7391855124313512594
VII. Deaths from Violence52171210142215191474...6911710977186
VIII. Deaths from Ill-defined Causes25913......131334......27215165122287
TOTALS133867920723029747449654658544991320173378270726885395
I. Specific or Febrile Causes. 1.—Miasmatic Diseases832537618201211895......33615925524049
Small PoxVaccinated...................................................
Unvaccinated...................................................
Unknown1.................................1...1...1
Measles12787...........................907514697
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)1322331......1............3328313061
Diphtheria67236......1..................78376055115
Whooping Cough58684...........................12645971130
Typhus Fever.............................................
Enteric or Typhoid Fever......611174411.........44251944
Simple Continued & Ill-defined Fever.............................................
Influenza53...4277685......839281947
Other Miasmatic Diseases...................................................
2.—Diarrhœal Diseases13823......211513......161139282174
Simple Cholera23......11..................52437
Cholera...................................................
Diarrhœa, Dysentery13620......1...1513......156118879167
3.—Malarial Diseases...................................................
Remittent Fever...................................................
Ague.............................................
4.-Zoogenous Diseases...................................................
Cow Fox, Effects of Vaccination...................................................
Hydrophobia...................................................
Glanders...................................................
Splenic Fever...................................................
5.—Venereal Diseases171......1...1...............18281220
Syphilis171......1...1...............18281220
Gonorrhœa. Stricture of Urethra...................................................
6.—Septic Diseases4122952...212...525102030
Erysipelas2.........112...212...296511
Pyæmia, Septicæmia212211..................36459
Puerperal Fever............73.....................10...1010
II. Parasitic Diseases...................................................
Thrush...................................................
Hydatids...................................................
Worms...................................................
Other Animal Parasitical Diseases...................................................