Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1916] 16
Cause of Death | Years. | Mean 16 years. | 1916 | Difference. | ||||||||||||||||
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1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | |||||
i. Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Measles | 42 | 37 | 24 | 29 | 51 | 27 | 36 | 27 | 24 | 31 | 21 | 28 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 26 | 29 | -12 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | -1 | |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | 68 | 38 | 76 | 63 | 30 | 51 | 30 | 53 | 29 | 36 | 61 | 31 | 17 | 22 | 43 | 34 | 43 | - 12 | ||
ii. Dia rhæal Diseases. | Diarrhæa, all forms | 148 | 143 | 72 | 83 | 200 | 149 | 171 | 73 | 80 | 46 | 33 | 229 | 23 | 68 | 131 | 58 | 107 | - 76 | |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | 67 | 70 | 43 | 46 | 20 | 53 | 92 | 49 | 52 | 26 | 38 | 73 | 49 | 99 | 54 | 66 | 56 | —2 | ||
Gastritis, Gastro- intestinal Catarrh | 21 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | -7 | ||
iii. Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 176 | 169 | 194 | 174 | 178 | 163 | 144 | 164 | 167 | 136 | 121 | 149 | 128 | 139 | 143 | 130 | 155 | -64 | |
Congenital Defects | 36 | 48 | 33 | 47 | 43 | 48 | 59 | 47 | 51 | 52 | 46 | 35 | 34 | 40 | 47 | 37 | 44 | -11 | ||
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | +4 | |||
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .. | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | -5 | ||||
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 221 | 188 | 192 | 183 | 177 | 138 | 134 | 137 | 138 | 133 | 94 | 117 | 114 | 144 | 93 | 117 | 145 | -45 | ||
iv. Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | 25 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -7 | |
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica | 25 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 17 | -14 | ||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 28 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 14 | -10 | ||
v. Other Causes. | Erysipelas | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | —1 | ||
Syphilis | 17 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 11 | -3 | ||
Rickets | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | +2 | ||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 19 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 14 | -3 | |||
Convulsions | 57 | 68 | 69 | 47 | 47 | 38 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 31 | -14 | ||
Bronchitis | 119 | 104 | 116 | 90 | 78 | 77 | 82 | 83 | 39 | 55 | 50 | 51 | 41 | 59 | 43 | 46 | 71 | -30 | ||
Laryngitis | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |||
Pneumonia | 118 | 123 | 134 | 109 | 101 | 107 | 103 | 153 | 106 | 106 | 101 | 97 | 109 | 85 | 106 | 111 | ||||
Suffocation, overlying | 43 | 39 | 46 | 15 | 25 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 23 | 32 | 19 | 22 | 26 | -22 | ||
Other Causes | 97 | 113 | 86 | 108 | 88 | 94 | 79 | 77 | 80 | 77 | 64 | 91 | 73 | 80 | 80 | 52 | 84 | -30 | ||
1,344 | 1,290 | 1,219 | 1,136 | 1,140 | 1,074 | 1,083 | 996 | 894 | 841 | 777 | 1,040 | 710 | 898 | 849 | 805 | 1,006 | -372 |