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Islington 1916

Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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1916] 78

Table A.Showing theDeaths from All Causesin Islington during the Year1916.

Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals are excluded. Deaths of Residents in Public Institutions are distributed.

Deaths in Institutions within Borough.DISEASES.AGES.Under 5Over 5DISTRICTS.Males.Females.Total
0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-Tuf.U.H.Toll.L.H.H.B.S.E.
Small Pox
(a) Vaccinated....................................................
(b) Unvaccinated....................................................
(c) No Statement....................................................
7Measles17603....................7731..21443920433780
Scarlet Fever..871..11............8103..4113610318
Typhus Fever..................................................
1Epidemic Influenza..............1661076..3634..48210142236
8Whooping Cough31272....................5821043941218253560
3Diphtheria322143111............252035653716202545
1Enteric Fever......1..1115..........911113..2369
Asiatic Cholera..................................................
4Diarrhæa, Dysentery245........424411..291655313158261945
Epidemic Enteritis74......................11..31..421..7411
4**Other Allied Diseases*8*8....*1*1*1..+1........164..21314912820
Hydrophobia..................................................
Glanders..................................................
Tetanus21......................3..1....11....213
Anthrax..................................................
Cow Pox......................................• •........15
2Syphilis81....1..11..12....96..4..243287..
Gonorrhæa..................................................
Phagedæna................................................6
3Erysipelas1......111....1..2..15..1..2....3339
1Puerperal Fever............62................9..13..32....98
Pyæmia32..........111......53......1511358
2Infective Endocarditis......1132..1..........81....1132267
2Other A llied Diseases1..1............41....161....31117....
Malarial Fever................................................11
Rheumatic Fever....11211221........11..121232563
Rheumatism of Heart........2......1..........3............31260
11Tuberculosis of Brain10281543................382253439121435253
2Tuberculosis of Larynx............12............3......11....121455
158Phthisis39692837901U38560241..1214337623353717312127318222
6Abdominal Tuberculosis38..22..322........11113115165111112
General Tuberculosis136....1......1......48....331327521
2Other forms Tuberculosis..512154..12......5163223245156..
Other Infective Diseases..................................................
Thrush................................................1
Actinomycosis..........1................1............11....
Hydatid Diseases................................................
Scurvy..................................................
Other Diseases due to Altered Food..............................................11
1Acute Alcoholism..............1............1....1..............
Chronic Alcoholism..................................................
Chronic Industrial Poisonings................................................1
Other Chronic Poisonings..................1........1........1....12528
1Osteo-arthritis....1......1..47771..283542536323
Gout....................21....3....11• •..11226412
120Cancer....12....43036124114483..412464943387571901861230
2Diabetes Mellitus......1..33148721..3034466431812
Prupura Hæmorrhagica................2........2..........2..111
Hæmophilia..............1............1..1............820
Anæmia..421........344....41631233351224
Lymphadenoma1......1..1..1........13......11..224291
Premature Birth91........................91..11914121010254925
Injury at Birth5........................5......1....133617
Debility at Birth17........................17..12..522511312
Atelectasis12........................12..311122291134
Congenital Defects331......................34..3141411102311
Want of Breast Milk1........................1............1....3094
1Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus83101....................931512131810181864

• Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.