Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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Table C. Showing Deaths from All Causes during the Year 1899. (Deaths of Non-Resident in Hospitals excluded). (Deaths of Residents in Public Institutions are distributed).
Causes of Death. | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 to 95 | 95 and upwards. | Under 5 | Over 5 | Males. | Females. | Totals. | |
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I. Specific, Febrile, &c | 322 | 337 | 78 | 24 | 36 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 21 | 4 | .. | 659 | 288 | 454 | 493 | 947 | |
II. Parasitic Diseases | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | |
III. Dietic Diseases | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 32 | |
IV. Constitutional Diseases | 100 | 106 | 39 | 104 | 147 | 166 | 181 | 135 | 107 | 25 | 5 | .. | 206 | 909 | 597 | 518 | 1115 | |
V. Developmental Diseases | 208 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 102 | 249 | 69 | 3 | 208 | 438 | 284 | 362 | 646 | |
VI. Local Diseases | 566 | 285 | 78 | 107 | 152 | 254 | 364 | 492 | 448 | 234 | 35 | 3 | 851 | 2167 | 1529 | 1489 | 3018 | |
VII. Deaths from Violence.......... | 57 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 2 | .. | 85 | 144 | 154 | 75 | 229 | |
VIII. Deaths from Ill-deflned Causes | 290 | 10 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 300 | 3 | 180 | 123 | 303 | |
TOTALS | 1548 | 767 | 212 | 248 | 349 | 486 | 610 | 700 | 712 | 540 | 115 | 6 | 2315 | 3978 | 3217 | 3076 | 6293 | |
I. Specific or Febrile Causes. | ||||||||||||||||||
1. Miasmatic Diseases | 101 | 303 | 77 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 29 | 25 | 15 | 4 | .. | 404 | 241 | 304 | 341 | 645 | |
Small Pox | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Unvaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Unknown | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 27 | 119 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 146 | 9 | 82 | 73 | 155 | |
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | .. | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 33 | |
Diphtheria | 3 | 70 | 46 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 73 | 47 | 51 | 69 | 120 | |
Whooping Cough | 66 | 88 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 154 | 6 | 70 | 90 | 160 | |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | .. | 2 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 45 | 28 | 19 | 47 | |
SimpleContinued&Ill-defined Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Influenza | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 28 | 24 | 14 | 4 | .. | 6 | 120 | 54 | 72 | 126 | |
Other Miasmatic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
2.—Diarrhœal Diseases | 208 | 33 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | 241 | 17 | 133 | 125 | 258 | |
Simple Cholera | 14 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | .. | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhæa, Dysentery | 194 | 31 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | 225 | 17 | 125 | 117 | 242 | |
3. -Malarial Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
4.-Zoogenous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cow Pox, Effects of Vaccination | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Splenic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5. -Venereal Diseases | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
Syphilis | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Gonorrhoea, Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | |
6. Septic Diseases | 6 | l | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 28 | 12 | 23 | 35 | |
Erysipelas | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
Pyæmia, Septicæmia | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | 5 | |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | 14 | 14 | |
II. Parasitic Diseases | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | |
Thrush | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | |
Hydatids | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Worms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Animal Parasitical Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |