Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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| CAUSES OF DEATH. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total for Year. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | Over 5 | Total. | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | Over 5 | Total. | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | Over 5 | Total. | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | Over 5 | Total. | ||
| (a) Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| (b) Unvaccinated | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| (c) No Statement | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 1 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 49 | 4 | 75 | 25 | 32 | 1 | 56 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 30 | 181 |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | 3 | 2 | 5 | .. | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | .. | 9 | 1 | 10 | 35 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Epidemic Influenza | .. | .. | 12 | 12 | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 29 | 48 |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 21 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 12 | .. | 18 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 83 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | i | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 | .. | 2 | 6 | 8 | 28 |
| Enteric Fever | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | 5 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| Asiatic Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diarrhœa, Desentery | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | l | 3 | 1 | 5 | 111 | 20 | 8 | 139 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 154 |
| Epidemic Enteritis | 5 | 2 | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 70 | 20 | 1 | 91 | 6 | 1 | .. | 7 | 106 |
| Other Allied Diseases | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tetanus | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cow Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 15 |
| Gonorrhœa | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| Phagedæna | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | 10 | 11 | 23 |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| Pyæmia | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| Infective Endocarditis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Other Allied Diseases, | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Malarial Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| Rheumatism of Heart | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Tuberculosis of Brain | 4 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 74 |
| Tuberculosis of Larynx | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Phthisis | 4 | 3 | 153 | 160 | I | 7 | 102 | 110 | 4 | 6 | 99 | 109 | 3 | 4 | 147 | 154 | 533 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | 6 | 2 | .. | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 40 |
| General Tuberculosis | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| Other Forms Tuberculosis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Other Infective Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Actinomycosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Hydatid Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scurvy Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Diseases due to Altered Food | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Acute Alcoholism | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| Chronic Industrial Poisonings | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Chronic Poisonings | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Osteo-arthritis | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| Gout | .. | .. | 6 | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 |
| Cancer | .. | .. | 73 | 73 | .. | 1 | 79 | 80 | 90 | 90 | .. | .. | 80 | 80 | 323 | ||
| Diabetes Mellitus | .. | .. | 11 | 11 | .. | .. | 10 | 10 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 12 | 12 | 35 |
| Purpura Hæmorrhagica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Haemophilia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Anæmia | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | 2 | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Lymphadenoma | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Premature Birth | 44 | .. | .. | 44 | 53 | .. | .. | 53 | 38 | .. | .. | 38 | 43 | .. | .. | 73 | 178 |
| Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Debility at Birth | 7 | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | 7 | 12 | .. | .. | 12 | 10 | .. | .. | 10 | 36 |
| Atelectasis | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | 15 |
| Congenital Defects | 10 | .. | .. | 10 | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | 6 | 7 | .. | .. | 7 | 28 |
| Want of Breast Milk | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 22 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 29 | 5 | .. | 34 | 52 | 5 | .. | 57 | 38 | 4 | .. | 42 | 157 |
* 2 Chicken Pox.
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