Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.— Table IV.
Table G.
CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING YEAR , 1905.
Causes of Death | Deaths in or belonging to whole District of Residents at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities of Residents (at all Ages). | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District, whether Residents or Non-residents. | |||||||||||||
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All ages. | Under 1 yr. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 26 | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | South-East Islington. | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
Small-pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Measles | 123 | 27 | 91 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 29 | 25 | 18 | 21 | |
Scarlet Fever | 37 | .. | 28 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 2 | |
Whooping Cough | 111 | 51 | 57 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 16 | ||
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 34 | 2 | 17 | 14 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | ||
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 17 | .. | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic Influenza | 54 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 24 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 5 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 206 | 149 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 52 | 35 | |
Enteritis | 78 | 53 | 11 | .. | .. | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 15 | .27 | |
Puerperal Fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Erysipelas | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Other Septic Diseases | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 438 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 60 | 343 | 14 | 35 | 35 | 42 | 61 | 72 | 85 | 108 | 255 | |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 142 | 50 | 57 | 11 | 6 | 18 | .. | 14 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 32 | 36 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 328 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 202 | 120 | 48 | 31 | 30 | 36 | 66 | 53 | 64 | 129 | |
Bronchitis | 519 | 77 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 156 | 239 | 46 | 38 | 33 | 69 | 95 | 102 | 130 | 151 | |
Pneumonia | 426 | 107 | 113 | 8 | 15 | 127 | 56 | 35 | 50 | 31 | 53 | 53 | 98 | 101 | 69 | |
Pleurisy | 15 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 47 | 4 | 4 | .. | 1 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 72 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 64 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 23 | |
Venereal Diseases | 18 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
Premature Birth | 166 | 163 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 46 | 30 | 4 | |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 16 | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
Heart Diseases | 623 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 334 | 243 | 67 | 90 | 51 | 78 | 87 | 109 | 141 | 221 | |
Accidents | 140 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 55 | |
Suicides | 30 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | |
All other causes | 1275 | 323 | 68 | 31 | 49 | 377 | 427 | 136 | 178 | no | 156 | 225 | 198 | 272 | 418 | |
All causes | 4955 | 1074 | 65 | 116 | 188 | 1815 | 1197 | 483 | 550 | 428 | 644 | 837 | 897 | 1116 | 1528 |
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