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Islington 1920

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

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table a. Showing the Deaths from All Causes in Islington during the Year ending1st January, 1921.. Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals are excluded. Deaths of Residents in Public Institutions are distributed.

diseases.ages.Under 5Over 5DISTRICTS.Males.Females.Totals.
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..................................................
Measles206471..................848710610172715454792
Scarlet Fever..56......1............5711....2539312
Typhus Fever................................................
Epidemic Influenza55336621181717133110108791261822446157118
Whooping Cough27403..................67311531181910393170
Diphtheria7565711112............63727513121621615778135
Enteric Fever................1..........1....1..........11
Asiatic Cholera..................................................
Diarrhoea. Dysentery163..........1..22121983111696111627
Epidemic Enteritis1........................1..1............1..1
Other Allied D iscases*1*2*3*2..*1....*1........36..211113639
Hydrophobia..................................................
Glanders................................................
Tetanus2........................2............11112
Anthrax..................................................
Cow pox..................................................
Syphilis6..........1..l..1..63..22..113639
Gonorrhœa............1....12......4........121314
Phagedæna................................................
Erysipelas........1..233132....1514..1..347815
Puerperal Fever..........261............94......113..99
Pyæmia....21....415121....17312532171017
Infective Endocarditis....1114451..2......19212333513619
Other Allied Diseases21......22......21..3731..32..15510
Malarial Fever............11............2............12..2
Rheumatic Fever....3591....1..........1212112236612
Rheumatisms of Heart....212..1..............6..121..11336
Tuberculosis of Brain7151062................221843167910221840
Tuberculosis of Larynx..........1................11..............11
Phthisis1657203064777737222..754131432547526387186162648
Abdominal Tuberculosis..53..41112..1....51332..233581018
general Tuberculosis11111....2..........251....1221437
Other forms Tuberculosis..1..31..13..11....11012..11247411
Other Infective Diseases................................................
Thrush..................................................
Actinomycosis..........1..............1........1..1..1
Hydatid Diseases..............................................
Scurvy..................................................
Other Diseases due to Altered Food..................................................
Acute Alcoholism..............1............1........1..1..1
Chronic Alcoholism..................................................
Chronic Industrial Poisonings..................1........1..1..........1..1
Other Chronic Poisonings..................................................
Osteoarthritis....1........1573....172..2..44521517
Gout................111......3..1......113..3
Cancer..3......110327411024435339947474144737377200202402
Diabetes Mellitus......21..335341....22421441671522
purpura Hemorrhagica1........................1..............1..11
Hæmophilia..................................................
Anæmia..........2..14551....18353142..11718
Lymphadenoma......1....1......1......3....2..1......33
Premature Birth115........................115..14141015172916625315
Injury at Birth5........................5....2....12..5..5
Debility at Birth14......................14..12..24..55914
atelectasis16........................16..221424111516
On genital Defects4?,2..................44..51..76619291544
Want of Breast milk..................................................
trophy, Debility. Marasmus764......................80..6951171824483280