Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1915]
T able A.
Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals are excluded Deaths of Residents in Public Institutions are distributed.
Note —In Tables A and B the deaths of 23 Army men are included under the following diseases —Cerebro Spinal
Fever, 1 ; Pyaemia 1 ; Pericarditis, 1; Diabetes Mellitus, 1 : Acute Bronchitis, 1; Pneumonia, 5 ; Bright's Disease, 1 Accidents, 2 ; and Wounds in Warfare, 10.
Deaths in Institutions within Borough. | DISEASES. | AGES. | Under 5 | Over 5 | Tuf. | U.H. | DISTRICTS | b. | S.e. | Males. I | Females. | |||||||||||||||
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0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85- | Toll. | L.H. | H. | ||||||||||||
Small Pox | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
(s) Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
(c)No Statement | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
49 | Measles | 26 | 114 | 12 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 140 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 23 | 18 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 77 | ||
1 | Scarlet Fever | 1 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 18 | ||
Typhhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
15 | Epidemic Influenza | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 68 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 42 | 29 | |
24 | Whooping Cough | 34 | 61 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 95 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 51 | 52 | |
3 | Diptheria | 2 | 34 | 17 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 32 | 25 | |
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
Asiatic Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
7 | Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 27 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 41 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 30 | 21 | |
11 | Epidemic Enteritis | 31 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 17 | ||
2 | *8 | 6 | *1 | *3 | **3 | .. | *1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | lb | 8 | ||||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Tetanus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Cow Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
3 | Syphilis | 13 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 16 | 4 | 1 | .. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | ||
Gonorrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | ||
Phagedæna | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
4 | Erysipelas | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 9 | 1 | l | .. | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||
2 | Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 8 | |
5 | Pyæmia | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | 5 | |
3 | Infective Endocarditis | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 6 | ||
3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||||
Malarial Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | ||
1 | Rheumatism of Heart | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | |
17 | Tuberculosis of Brain | 8 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 49 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 33 | |
3 | Tuberculosis of Larynx | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
181 | Phthisis | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 96 | 129 | 99 | 48 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 483 | 37 | 56 | 51 | 39 | 81 | 109 | 121 | 284 | 210 | |
6 | Abdominal Tuberculiosis | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | l5 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |
2 | General Tuberculosis | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 12 | 1 | 5 | .. | 4 | .. | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
4 | Other forms Tuberculosis | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Actinomycosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Hydatid Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
1 | Acute Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | 1 | .. | |
3 | Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | i | .. | ||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Osteo-arthritis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | .. | 1 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | ||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
110 | Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 7 | 24 | 75 | 120 | 105 | 39 | 4 | .. | 377 | 39 | 59 | 30 | 36 | 70 | 6b | 78 | 164 | 213 | |
Diabetes Mellitus | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | .. | 1 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 17 | ||
Purpura Hæmorrhagica | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | ||
Haemophilia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Anæmia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |||
1 | Lymphadenoma | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .. | ||
Premature Birth | 130 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 130 | .. | 8 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 32 | 75 | 56 | ||
Injury at Birth | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | |||
Debility at Birth | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | .. | ||
Atelectasis | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | ||
37 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 39 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 18 | |||
Want of Breast Milk | 24 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 | .. | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 5 | ||
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 92 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 99 | .. | 8 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 16 | lb | 2b | 64 | 35 |
• Note.—Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. (The total deaths from this disease was 21. Under the ages 10-15 and 15-20 there were 2 deaths each,
under 25-35 there was 1 death, whilst the remaining deaths were as indicated as above.)