London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Islington 1906

Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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303 [1906

T able B.— Continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.1st Quarter2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total for Year
Under 11 to 5Over 5Total.Under 11 to 5Over 5Total.Under 11 to 5Over 5Total.Under 11 to 5Over 5Total.
Eczema..................................
Pemphigus1....11....1................2
Other Diseases, Integumentary System........................11133
Accidents and Negligence.
In Mines and Quarries..................................
In Vehicular Traffic....66....66..1910....7729
On Railways....22....11....11........4
On Ships, Boats, &c. (not drowning)..................................
In Building Operations....11....33....22....339
By Machinery....11........................1
By Weapons and Implements............11................1
Burns and Scalds2338......1..2132551224
Poisons, Poisonous Vapours............................111
Surgical Narcosis11..2....22....22..........
Effects of Electric Shock..................................
Corrosions by Chemicals..................................
Drowning....11....11....33....116
Suffocation, Overlaid in Bed8....85....53....36....622
,, Otherwise2....22..133......1....19
Falls not specified111315....7831812..191045
Weather Agencies....................22........2
Otherwise not Started..1122114..1..1..1129
Homicide....111....11..122....26
Suicide.
By Poison....22....33....44....2211
By Asphyxia..................................
By Hanging and Strangulation....44....11....44....2211
By Drowning....22....11............225
By Shooting............11....11....224
By Cut or Stab............33....11....226
By Precipitation from Elevated Places............22................2
By Crushing............11................1
By other and unspecified methods............................111
Execution................................• •
Sudden Death, cause not ascertained..................................
Ill-defined and unspecified causes....11............22........3
Males154964156651088139658521059396665159604596782593
Females11797512726958438756613449315498106634986672457
TOTAL DEATHS27119392713912031657831151344108711116326512395713455050