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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 1920

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

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Table: Causes of Death (Classified.)—The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1910-19, and in 1920.

Causes of Death (Classified.)—The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1910-19, and in 1920.

Classified Causes of Death.Years.Mean 10 years.1920Difference.
1910191119121913191419151916191719181919
I Specific or Febrile Causes5397223974485726183803911361579601552- 49
J. Miasmatic Diseases4033303002842994512682931258466435437+ 2
2. Diarrhceal763263699174945656513610028- 72
3. Malarial1..1...1.........2212+ 1
4. Zoogenous11...42...32...122-
5. Venereal151317192123151515131713- 4
6. Septic435243427550382535614b70+ 24
II. Parasitic Diseases12...1......11...I11-
III. Dietetic1118191711363342122- 10
IV. Constitutional Diseases98995710231032105611321095111411019731047918-129
V. Developmental382429396468512554522486520657493556+ 63
VI. Local230324012500271824882847245723442596217724832172-311
1. Diseases of Nervous System282277260376363418339351330322332341+ 9
2. ,, Organs of SpecialSense7164201417121410111220+ 8
3. „ Circulatory System645642754733660722669681691654685592- 93
4. ,, Respiratory ,,870858980958896114710068871156770953822-131
5. „ Digestive „280342290362304319233243246215283224- 59
6. „ Lymphatic „9106101591693111010-
7. ,, Urinary „177220166213193182149130137151172129- 43
8. ,, Reproductive ,,17122526181324188171820+ 2
9. „ Bones and Joints101910610895912105- 5
10. „ Integumentary System65514157661489+ 1
VII. Violence194213227195201234183159156162192179- 13
1 Accident or Negligence138167177157165194156122115132152140- 12
2. Homicide645333413232- 1
3. Suicide484245343337231127283337+ 4
4. Execution2......1........................-
5. By Bombs (Enemy Aircraft).....................2511...4...- 4
VIII. Ill-defined Causes104124120149981251111021036911298- 17
All Causes452348661682502849385546175246005841464049411475-466