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Islington 1919

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

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1919]
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Table A.

Showing theDeaths from All Causesin Islington during the Year (53 Weeks) ending

3rd January, 1920.

Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals are excluded. Deaths of Residents in Public Institutions are distributed.

Deaths in Institutions within Borough.DISEASES.AGES.Under 5Over 5DISTRICTS.Males.Females.
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................................................
1(b) Unvaccinated....1......................11............1
(c) No Statement................................................
2Measles..102....................1021....41..639
Scarlet Fever..772..12............77....1?24..7..
Typhus Fever................................................
90Epidemic Influenza41558212782474842361831933740383019617593172184
2Whooping Cough2123....................143..211382710
3Diphtheria1182831................19323344153102328
Enteric Fever........11....1..........3..11......112
Asiatic Cholera................................................
3Diarrhœa, Dysentery1131..........2421..14101..142831410
1Epidemic Enteritis9..1................119313..21..5210
Other Allied Diseases†§§§§3§4..........§2........66..1..3?1566
Hydrophobia..................................................
Glanders................................................
Tetanus1........................1........1........1
Anthrax................................................
Cow Pox................................................
2Syphilis5....1..1..11..1....55211111337
Gonorrhœa..........................3..2........1..3..
Phagedaena................................................
9Erysipelas..........1331231..13222..13367
8Puerperal Fever..........110................13........3........
8Pyaemia2..1......1..3231....11..1126?,295
7Infective Endocarditis......134523....1....191112266811
1Other Allied Diseases......1............1......2....1......111
Malarial Fever..........1..1............21........1..2..
Rheumatic Fever....311..1..1..........71212....116
Rheumatism of Heart....11............1......311......1..11
5Tuberculosis of Brain6236821..1..........2915........38171826
1Tuberculosis of Laryanx..............22..........42........1131
106Phthisis21631123447287675811....18..344837455358109215169
6Abdominal Tuberculosis4521..51311....41915132561310
General Tuberculosis1..........1..........11....1....1..1..
2Other forms Tuberculosis13..21........2..1..461......3245..
Other Infective Disease................................................
Thrush................................................
Actinomycosis................................................
Hydatid Diseases..............1............1....1........1..
Scurvy1........................1............1......
Other Diseases due to Altered Food................................................
Acute Alcoholism................................................
Chronic Alcoholism................................................
Chronic Industrial Poisonings................................................
Other Chronic Poisonings................................................
Osteo-arthritis....1............3821..15..22..42310
Gout................1..........1..........1..1
128Cancer11..11353610112012339724365748..60836092211227
Diabetes Mellitus........1262566......28..23255111216
Purpura Hasmorrhagica1..1....................11..1......1..1..
Haemophilia..............................................
Anaemia..............2..23......7..1..14..134..
Lymphadenoma......1..1......1.......32....1......12
Premature Birth108........................108..81115151024256147
Injury at Birth4........................4..11..2......22
Debility at Birth14........................14......1512586
Atelectasis7........................7..11....1..1....
Congenital Defects621......................63..36610111215..25
Want of Breast Milk1........................1......1........1••
1Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus741......................75..511791513154035

† Chicken Pox (1).
§ Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (9).
!! Post-basic Meningitis (1).
* Ophthalmia Neonatorum (3).