Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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Table B
CAUSES OF DEATH. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total for Year. | ||||||||||||
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Under 1 | 1 to 5 | Over 5 | Total. | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | Over 5 | Total. | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | Over 5 | Total. | Uuder 1 | 1 to 5 | Over 5 | Total. | ||
Small Pox- | |||||||||||||||||
(a) Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
(b) Unvaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
(c) No Statement | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 14 | 72 | 7 | 93 | 18 | 51 | 6 | 75 | 2 | 9 | .. | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 187 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | 8 | 2 | 10 | .. | 5 | 5 | 10 | .. | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 37 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epidemic Influenza | .. | 1 | 12 | 13 | .. | .. | 21 | 21 | 1 | .. | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 26 | 67 |
Whooping Cough | 9 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 14 | .. | 19 | 74 |
Diphtheria | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | .. | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 32 |
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | 8 | 8 | 19 |
Asiatic Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 85 | 14 | 11 | 110 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 142 |
Epidemic Enteritis | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 57 | 8 | .. | .. | 8 | 71 |
Other Allied Disease | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | *1 | 1 | .. | *1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tetanus | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Anthrax | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Cow Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 5 | 4 | .. | 2 | 6 | 14 |
Gonorrhœa | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Phagedœna | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 11 |
Pyæmia | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Infective Endocarditis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Other Allied Disease | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Malarial Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic fever | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Rheumatism of Heart | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Tuberculosis od Brain | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 80 |
Tuberculosis of Larynx | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Phthisis | .. | 6 | 111 | 117 | .. | 4 | 89 | 93 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 92 | 1 | 4 | 104 | 109 | 411 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | .. | 13 | 6 | 5 | .. | 11 | 35 |
General Tuberculosis | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .. | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 32 |
Other Forms Tuberculosis | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 |
Other Infective Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Actinomycosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hydatid Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scurvy Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Disease due to Altered Food | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Acute Alcoholism | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 13 |
Chronic Industrial Poisonings | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Chronic Poisonings | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Osteo-arthritis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | 19 |
Gout | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Cancer | .. | .. | 92 | 92 | .. | .. | 73 | 73 | .. | 1 | 91 | 92 | .. | .. | 106 | 106 | 363 |
Diabetes Mellitus | .. | .. | 12 | 12 | .. | .. | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 32 |
Purpura Hæmorrhagica | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hæmophilia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Anæmia | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | 1 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 16 |
Lymphadenoma | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Premature Birth | 47 | .. | .. | 47 | 27 | .. | .. | 27 | 38 | .. | .. | 38 | 32 | .. | .. | 32 | 144 |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Debility at Birth | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | 7 | .. | .. | 7 | 13 | .. | .. | 13 | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | 30 |
Atelectasis | 6 | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | .. | .. | 9 | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | 22 |
Congenital Defects | 13 | .. | .. | 13 | 7 | .. | .. | 7 | 6 | 1 | .. | 7 | 11 | 1 | .. | 12 | 39 |
Want of Breast Milk | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 5 |
Atrophy,debility, Marasmus | 30 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 25 | 2 | .. | 27 | 24 | 1 | .. | 25 | 25 | 3 | .. | 28 | 114 |
* Varicella. |