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Islington 1915

Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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122
1915]

T able A. Showing theDeaths from All Causesin Islington during the Year1915.

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 5Over 5Tuf.U.H.DISTRICTSb.S.e.Males. IFemales.
0-1-5-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-Toll.L.H.H.
Small Pox.
(s) Vaccinated................................................
(b) Unvaccinated................................................
(c)No Statement................................................
49Measles2611412....1..............14013143223182621197776
1Scarlet Fever122924..............2315263551072018
Typhhus Fever................................................
15Epidemic Influenza12....144715121195368610612118184229
24Whooping Cough34618....................95851415132022145152
3Diptheria234172......2..........36214736816133225
Enteric Fever......11111............5..1..12123
Asiatic Cholera................................................
7Diarrhoea, Dysentery2714........23713....4116766961493021
11Epidemic Enteritis315....................13611642512717
2Other Allied Diseases*86*1*3**3..*2*1........14101254264lb8
Hydrophobia................................................
Glanders................................................
Tetanus................................................
Anthrax................................................
Cow Pox................................................
3Syphilis133........111..1....1641..62353131
Gonorrhoea..................2..1....3..1....1..13..
Phagedæna................................................
4Erysipelas2........1121211..291l..242166
2Puerperal Fever........1124............81....2113..8
5Pyæmia1..1....213231....1132311214..5
3Infective Endocarditis......332..1............912..31..236
3Other Allied Diseases1..........1....311..2621..1..1351
Malarial Fever................................................
Rheumatic Fever....2173..2..2........172322242107
1Rheumatism of Heart..1....2................12......1..2......
17Tuberculosis of Brain84194311..1........4919810491311133533
3Tuberculosis of Larynx..............11..........21........1......
181Phthisis11051134349612999482331114833756513981109121284210
6Abdominal Tuberculiosis8914....2332......l51514178541614
2General Tuberculosis342211222........71215..4..54613
4Other forms Tuberculosis22512..11211....414151114599
Other Infective Diseases................................................
Thrush................................................
Actinomycosis................................................
Hydatid Diseases................................................
Scurvy................................................
Other Diseases due to Altered Food................................................
1Acute Alcoholism................1..........11..............1..
3Chronic Alcoholism............22321......10131..113i..
Chronic Industrial Poisonings................................................
Other Chronic Poisonings................................................
Osteo-arthritis1......1..1..28106..12836228441316
Gout................1..3......4....1..2..131
110Cancer......1..272475120105394..37739593036706b78164213
Diabetes Mellitus..1......13271292..13646158582017
Purpura Hæmorrhagica2..................2....22..1..3......2..
Haemophilia................................................
Anæmia..1........44332....1173324411....
1Lymphadenoma........1......121....5........2125..
Premature Birth130........................130..82216102121327556
Injury at Birth4........................4........1213..
Debility at Birth25........................25..113552814..
Atelectasis12........................12..121..323102
Congenital Defects3721....................3911331141082218
Want of Breast Milk241......................25..3621346205
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus927......................99..8791716lb2b6435

• 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.)