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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 F.
| Year. | Population in the middle of the year. | Ages. | Deaths from the principal diseases of aZymotic nature.* | Deaths from Tubercular Diseases. | Deaths from Diseases of the Respiratory Organs. | Deaths from Diarrhoea. | Deaths from Diseases of the Digestive Organs. | Deaths from Violence. | Total Deaths. | Death Itate per 1,000. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t 1882 | 287,191 | Total. | Total. | Total. | Total. | Total. | Total. | 5,264 | 18-3 | |||||||
| under 5 years | 5801 | 739 | 236 1 | 753 | 530) | 1,146 | 137) | 149 | 531 | 248 | 65) | 126 | ||||
| above 5 „ | 159 J | 517 / | 616] | 12/ | 195/ | 61/ | ||||||||||
| t 1888 | 290,711 | under 5 years | 3851 | 536 | 269) | 836 | 522) | 1,088 | 1491 | 162 | • 45) | 227 | 53) | 104 | 5,140 | 17-6 |
| above 5 „ | 151J | 567 > | 566 j | 13/ | 182/ | 51/ | ||||||||||
| t 1884 | 294,267 | under 5 years | 502) | 683 | 313) | 835 | 465) | 978 | 247) | 266 | 43) | 274 | 71) | 129 | 5,229 | 17-7 |
| above 5 „ | 181J | 522/ | 513 J | 19/ | 231/ | 58/ | ||||||||||
| t 1886 | 297,867 | under 5 years | 592) | 749 | 217) | 706 | 530) | 1,197 | 172) | 191 | 36) | 268 | 55) | 102 | 5,740 | 19-3 |
| above 5 „ | 157) | 489 J | 667/ | 19 J | 232 J | 47} | ||||||||||
| t 1886 | 301,512 | under 5 years | 3131 | 396 | 292) | 772 | 4951 | 1,201 | 291) | 307 | 49) | 231 | 57) | 127 | 5,434 | 180 |
| above 5 „ | 83 J | 480/ | 706 / | 16/ | 182 J | 70/ | ||||||||||
| •f 1887 | 305,112 | under 5 years | 687 | 252) | 725 | 492) | 1,169 | 275) | 291 | 691 | 246 | 641 | 122 | 5,699 | 18-7 | |
| above 5 ,, | 94 J | 473/ | 677/ | 16/ | 177/ | 58/ | ||||||||||
| t 1888 | 308,936 | under 5 years | 411) | 515 | 218) | 671 | 442) | 1,040 | 131) | 146 | 62) | 253 | 511 | 115 | 5,197 | 16-8 |
| above 5 „ | 104/ | 453) | 598 J | 15/ | 191/ | 61} | ||||||||||
| f 1889 | 312,713 | under 5 years | 326) | 425 | 194) | 702 | 395) | 970 | 157) | 170 | 67) | 250 | 60) | 120 | 5,035 | 16-1 |
| above 5 „ | 99/ | 508/ | 575/ | 13/ | 183/ | 60/ | ||||||||||
| f 1890 | 316,543 | under 5 years | 416) | 496 | 260) | 785 | 569) | 1,406 | 154) | 169 | 82) | 250 | 73) | 166 | 6,198 | 19-6 |
| above 5 „ | 80 J | 525 J | 837 J | 15 j | 168/ | 93 J | ||||||||||
| t 1891 | 319,991 | under 5 years | 486) | 587 | 207) | 717 | 624) | 1,476 | 131) | 146 | 82) | 263 | 651- | 133 | 6,326 | 19-8 |
| above 5 ,, | 101/ | 510/ | 852 f | 151 | 181/ | 68/ | ||||||||||
| t 1892 | 323,451 | under 5 years | 3781 | 481 | 198) | 677 | 5091 | 1,301 | 143 ) | 156 | 881 | 270 | 71| | 139 | 6,075 | 18-8 |
| above 5 „ | 103/ | 479 J | 792/ | 13/ | 182/ | 68 ) | ||||||||||
| 1893 | 326,958 | under 5 years | 466) | 634 | 224) | 758 | 452) | 1,313 | 223 I | 237 | 136) | 379 | 84) | 206 | 6,391 | 19-5 |
| above 5 „ | 168/ | 534 / | 861/ | 14/ | 243/ | 122/ | ||||||||||
| 1894 | 330,485 | under 5 years | 547 ) | 703 | 176) | 673 | 420 ) | 973 | 84 ) | 93 | 131 I | 330 | 78 ) | 173 | 5,263 | 15-9 |
| above 5 ,, | 156 J | 497 / | 553/ | 9/ | 199/ | 95/ | ||||||||||
| 1895 | 334,058 | under 5 years | 341 > | 450 | 240 1 | 763 | 461 \ | 1,131 | 172) | 188 | 168 ) | 389 | 76) | 191 | 5,760 | 17-2 |
| above 5 „ | 109/ | 523 / | 670/ | 16/ | 221 / | 115 / | ||||||||||
| 1896 | 337,661 | under 5 years | 693 ) | 875 | 218 ) | 730 | 494 ) | 997 | 141 ) | 153 | 158 I | 380 | 80 \ | 206 | 5,884 | 17-1 |
| above 5 „ | 182 / | 512/ | 503 / | 12/ | 222 / | 126 / | ||||||||||
| 1897 | 341,319 | under 5 years | 328 ) | 448 | 178 ) | 689 | 419 ) | 975 | 161 ) | 174 | 151 I | 380 | 69 I | 186 | 5,395 | 15-8 |
| above 5 ,, | 120 ) | 511 ( | 556 / | 13 ) | 229 I | 117 1 | ||||||||||
• This includes Small-Pox, Measles, Scarlatina, Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria and Whooping cough,
t The deaths in these years do not include those of residents occurring in outlying institutions.