Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH RETURN.—T ABLE III.
CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR, 1919.
Causes of Death | Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of " Residence " whether occurring within or without the District. | Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Nonresidents" in Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 yrs | 15 and under 25 yrs. | 25 and under 45 yrs. | 45 and under 65 yrs. | 65 and upwards. | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
All Causes. | Certified | 4506 | 506 | 93 | 137 | 1S5 | 193 | 643 | 1127 | 1622 | 1381 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | ,. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Small-pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Measles | 10 | .. | 2 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Scarlet Fever | 15 | .. | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | 17 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | 49 | .. | 1 | 16 | 31 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |
Influenza | 351 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 127 | 90 | 55 | 129 | |
Erysipelas | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 362 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 63 | 146 | 111 | 10 | 177 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 43 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 35 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 13 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 426 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 213 | 166 | 199 | |
Rheumatic Fever | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Meningitis | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | 3 | |
Organic Heart Disease | 476 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 10 | 54 | 164 | 241 | 204 | |
Bronchitis | 389 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 96 | 224 | 145 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 314 | 60 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 60 | 60 | 53 | 69 | |
Other Diseases of Respira tory Organs | 51 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 10 | 21 | 15 | 13 | |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis . | 100 | 72 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 9 | 5 | 46 | |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | |
Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 91 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 35 | 31 | |
Puerperal Fever | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | .. | .. | 11 | |
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | 1 | .. | 5 | |
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 252 | 250 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | |
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 127 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 44 | 69 | |
Suicide | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 18 | 3 | 8 | |
Other Defined Diseases | 1261 | 51 | 8 | 10 | 33* | 32 | 111 | 260 | 756 | 173 | |
Diseases ill-defined or unknown | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | |
Totals | 4506 | 506 | 93 | 137 | 185 | 193 | 643 | 1127 | 1622 | 1381 | |
Sub-Entries — included in above figures;— | |||||||||||
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 9 | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | .. | .. | •• | 1* | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |