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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 1915
Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1915] 32
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Under this heading are included Cancer and Tuberculosis, as well as
Rheumatism, Diabetes, Gout, Anæmia, Gangrene and Purpura.
It will be seen from the following statement that these deaths have averaged 1,023 during the preceding ten years, and represented a death-rate of 311 per 1,000 inhabitants.
| Year. | Deaths. | Death Rates. |
|---|---|---|
| 1905 | 1,007 | 3.03 |
| 1906 | 1,042 | 3.15 |
| 1907 | 1,041 | 3.15 |
| 1908 | 1,048 | 3.12 |
| 1909 | 1,032 | 3.14 |
| 1910 | 989 | 3.01 |
| 1911 | 957 | 2.92 |
| 1912 | 1,023 | 3.13 |
| 1913 | 1,032 | 3.11 |
| 1914 | 1,056 | 3.24 |
| Average | 1,023 | 3.11 |
CANCER.
Cancer, which must be considered one of the most important of the
Constitutional Diseases, contributed 377 deaths during the year, which represent
a death-rate of 119 per 1,000 of the civil population. Of these deaths
164 were males and 213 females. The deaths were 28, and the death-rate 0.09
per 1,000 above the average of the preceding decennium.