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Islington 1905

Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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Table B.—C ontinued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.1st QuarterTotal.2nd Quarter.Total.3rd Quarter.Total.4th Quarter.Total.Total for Year
Under 11 to 5Over 5Under 11 to 5Over 5Under 11 to 5Over 5Under 11 to 5Over 5
Eczema........1....1..................
Pemphigus........................3....33
............11................1
Accidents and Negligence.
In Mines and Quarries..................................
In Vehicular Traffic....66....55..178..13423
On Railways....22....11....22....116
On Ships, Boats, &c. (not drowning)..................................
In Building Operations............22....22....115
By Machinery..................................
By Weapons and Implements..................................
Burns and Scalds..426..3141124..12317
Poisons, Poisonous Vapours....33....22....22....5512
Surgical Narcosis....22..1..1............114
Effects of Electric Shock............11................1
Corrosions by Chemicals..................................
Drowning....11....................112
Suffocation, Overlaid in Bed8....81....12....23....314
„ Otherwise1..121....14....43....310
Falls not specified11810..1101113913....4438
Weather Agencies..................................
Otherwise, not stated1..121..45....11........8
Homicide....l11....13....3........5
Suicide.
By Poison....11....55....44....1111
By Asphyxia..................................
By Hanging and Strangulation....11............11........2
By Drowning....11....22............447
By Shooting..................................
By Cut or Stab....11....11............446
By Precipitation from Elevated Places....................22....113
By Crushing............................111
By other and unspecified methods..................................
Execution..................................
Sudden Death, cause not ascertained..................................
Ill-defined and unspecified causes........1..12................2
Males132604346261487638460817952311542175924557222498
Females94635336901026340597013963332534105964626632457
TOTAL DEATHS22612396713162501397891178318115643107628018891713854955