Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—TABLE V.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7 8 Months | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
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Certified | 156 | 52 | 26 | 35 | 269 | 83 | 64 | 44 | 58 | 46 | 55 | 34 | 55 | 45 | 40 | 48 | 841 | |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 31 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 36 | |
Diarrhœl Diseases. Wasting Diseases. | Diarrhœa all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 46 |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastroenteritis | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 26 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 23 | |
Premature Birth | 86 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 118 | 10 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 136 | |
Congenital Defects | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 52 | |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 25 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 133 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |
Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 20 |
Other causes. | Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 8 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Syphilis | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 11 | |
Convulsions | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 14 | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 55 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Pneumonia | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 106 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 27 | |
Other Causes | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 77 | |
Totals | 156 | 52 | 26 | 35 | 269 | 83 | 64 | 44 | 58 | 46 | 55 | 34 | 55 | 45 | 40 | 48 | 841 |
Births in the year{legitimate .. 7,948} Deaths in the year of {legitimate infants .. 744 Population.
{illegitimate .. 250 {illegitimate infants .. 67 Estimated to middle of 1908.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages .. 4,918 351,202.