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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1909
Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1909
The following statement giving the incidence of the disease at the several ages of life from 1898 to 1909 is reprinted from the report of last year, to which has been added the return for 1909 and the average for the years 1898-1908.
| Ages. | 898 | . 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1901 | 1905. | .1916 | 1907. | 190S. | Average. 1808-1908. | 1903 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 5-10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 10-15 | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 9 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
| 25-35 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 35-45 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| 45-55 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| 55-65 | 15 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 9 |
| 65-75 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 20 |
| 75-85 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 |
| 85 and upwards | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 65 | 126 | 149 | 46 | 83 | 40 | 48 | 54 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 76 | 70 |
In 33 instances, or in nearly half the mortality, pneumonia was ascribed as
the secondary cause of death, bronchitis in 16, and heart diseases in 10. The
several secondary causes are set out in Table LXI.
Table LX.
| Years. | Quarters. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First. | Second. | Third. | Fourth. | ||
| 1899 | 52 | 25 | 4 | 45 | 126 |
| 1900 | 122 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 143 |
| 1901 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 46 |
| 1902 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 83 |
| 1903 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 40 |
| 1904 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 48 |
| 1905 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 54 |
| 1906 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 26 | 67 |
| 1907 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 75 |
| 1908 | 52 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 81 |
| Corrected Averages | 43 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 79 |
| 1909 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 70 |
| Increase or Decrease | -7 | + 4 | + 1 | -7 | -9 |