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31 [1916
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Under this heading are included Cancer and Tuberculosis, as well as
Rheumatism, Diabetes, Gout, Anaemia, Gangrene and Purpura.
These diseases collectively were responsible for 1,095 deaths, and were
equal to a death-rate of 3.46 per 1,000 of the civil population; and they
represented 23.0 per cent, of the total deaths registered in the Borough during
the year. It will be seen from the following statement that the deaths resulting
from them averaged 1,035 during the preceding ten years, which represent a
death rate of 3.17 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Year. Deaths. Death Rates.
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
1915 1,131 3.57
Average 1,035 3.34
CANCER.
Cancer, which is now one of the principal Constitutional Diseases, contributed
412 deaths during the year, which represent a death-rate of 1.33 per
1,000 of the civil population. This is the highest toll hitherto demanded in
Islington, and is an increase on the previous year's return of 35, or over 9 per
cent. Of these deaths 186 were males and 226 females. The deaths were 45
and the death-rate 0.24 per 1,000 above the average of the preceding
decennium.