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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 1918

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

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11 [1918

Table: The following statement gives the ages at which persons died in the borough and contrasts them with the returns for the preceding ten years, showing the increased number of deaths at each age:—

The following statement gives the ages at which persons died in the borough and contrasts them with the returns for the preceding ten years, showing the increased number of deaths at each age:—

Ages.1908.1909.1910.1911.1912.1913.1914.19151916.1917.Mean ioyrs.1918.Difference.
0-531231513—12106+104
5-10—1————1————52+ 52
10-15———————————32+ 32
15-2552212215——2141+139
25-3534241414—22252+ 250
35-4588325867125109+104
45-5514105611751567993+ 84
55-65169534571268769+ 62
65-7514205107771110101150+ 39
75.up-wards18151287101141361027+ 17
All Ages8170363728583071363648931+ 883

Table: Showing the Deaths from Influenza in the Quartets of the Year 1918, together with the averages of the corresponding periods, 1908-17.

Showing the Deaths from Influenza in the Quartets of the Year 1918, together with the averages of the corresponding periods, 1908-17.

YearsQuarters.Totals.
FirstSecond.Third.Fourth.
190852203681
1909361941170
19102162736
19111891937
19121442828
1913251851058
19141753530
191552113571
19169721836
19172281536
Average27112848
191814860849931
Increase or Decrease-13-3+ 58+ 841+ 883