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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 1919
Sixty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1919] 24
INFLUENZA.
During the year Influenza caused 356 deaths, which is a decrease of 575
on the return for the year 1918; and an increase of 223 on the average of the
preceding ten years 1909-18.
| Years. | Quarters. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | Second. | Third. | Fourth. | ||
| 1909 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 70 | |
| 1910 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 36 |
| 1911 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 37 | |
| 1912 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 28 |
| 18 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 1914 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
| 1915 | 3 | 5 | 71 | ||
| 1916 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 36 |
| 1917 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 36 |
| 1918 | 14 | 8 | 60 | 849 | 931 |
| Average | 23 | 9 | 8 | 93 | 133 |
| Increase or Decrease | + 271 | + 26 | — 2 | — 72 | 4- 223 |
The following statement gives the ages at death of the persons who suffered from Influenza during the preceding ten years as compared with the return for the year 1919 :—
| Ages. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916 | 1917. | 1918. | Mean 10 yrs. | 1919. | Differ-ence. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 106 | 12 | + 7 | ||
| 5-10 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 52 | 5 | — | ||
| 10-15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | 3 | + 5 | |
| 15-25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | — | 141 | +32 | ||
| 25-35 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 252 | 27 | +55 | ||
| 35-45 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 109 | 15 | +32 | |
| 45-55 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 93 | 17 | +31 | |
| 55-65 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 69 | 13 | +29 | |
| 65-75 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 14 | + 22 | |
| 75 upwards | 15 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 27 | +10 | ||
| 70 | 36 | 37 | 28 | 58 | 30 | 71 | 36 | 36 | 931 | 133 | +223 |