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
This page requires JavaScript
191] 81 [1916
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—Table III.
CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH DURING YEAR. 1916.
Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without the District. | Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or " Non-residents" in Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 6 and under 15 yrs. | 15 and under 25 yrs. | 25 and under 45 yrs. | 45 and under 65 yrs. | 65 and up-wards. | |||
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
All causes | Certified | 4751 | 634 | 230 | 169 | 168 | 172 | 567 | 1185 | 1626 | 1714 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | .. | 3 | ||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | 80 | 42 | 19 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 18 | .. | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | i | |
Whooping Cough | 60 | 31 | l6 | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | 45 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | |
Influenza | 36 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | 23 | 2 | |
Erysipelas | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 458 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 196 | 145 | 25 | 295 | |||
Tuberculous Meningitis .. | 60 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 18 | |
OtherTuberculous Diseases | 55 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | .. | 11 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 412 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 34 | 210 | 185 | ||
Rheumatic Fever | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | |
Meningitis | 37 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | ||
Organic Heart Disease | 491 | 1 | .. | 1 | 8 | 29 | 61 | 164 | 227 | 272 | |
Bronchitis | 514 | 41 | 22 | 7 | 1 | .. | 16 | 136 | 291 | 216 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 445 | 102 | 64 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 45 | 100 | 77 | 168 | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 47 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 19 | ||
Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 130 | 85 | 17 | 1 | .. | 8 | 9 | 6 | 63 | ||
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 15 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
Cirrhosis of Liver | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 18 | 8 | 15 | |
Alcoholism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Nephritis and Bright's Diseases | 116 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 20 | 45 | 44 | 48 | |
Puerperal Fever | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 237 | 225 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | |
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 159 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 37 | 53 | 77 | |
Suicide | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 11 | 2 | / / 9 | |
Other Defined Diseases | 1237 | 82 | 12 | 19* | 36* | 32 | 103 | 262 | 691 | 219 | |
Diseases ill-defined or unknown | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
4751 | 634 | 230 | 169 | 168 | 172 | 567 | 1185 | 1626 | 1714 | ||
20 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | ||
Poliomyelitis | 2 | .. | .. | 1* | 1* | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |