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Islington 1924

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

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Table: Cause of Death (Classified).—The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1911-23, and in 1924:—

Cause of Death (Classified).—The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1911-23, and in 1924:—

Classified Causes of Death.Years.Mean 10 Yrs.1924Difference.
1914191519161917191819191920192119221923
I. Specific or Febrile Causes5726183803911361579552464639273583391—192
1. Miasmatic Diseases2994512682931258466437301546155447316—131
2. Diarrhoeal „1749456565136288529406520—45
3. Malarial „1———222——1——1
4. Zoogenous „2—3——121——12+1
5. Venereal „21231515151313171720179—8
6. Septic ,,755038253561706047585244—8
II. Parasitic Diseases——11—11—3112+1
III. Dietetic11363342247273—4
IV. Constitutional Diseases1056113210951114 11019739189859359451025945—80
V. Developmental512554522486520657556486477377515396—119
VI. Local24882847 24572344 25962177217222032362210623752290—85
1. Diseases of Nervous System363418339351330322341345330294343290—53
2. „ Organs of Special Sense14171214101120139161414—
3. „ Circulatory System660722669681691654592651734745680822+142
4. ,, Respiratory8961147 1006887 115677082271790359889079793
5. ,, Digestive „304319233243246215224260204259251192—59
6. „ Lymphatic ,,15916931110141111118—3
7. „ Urinary ,,193182149130137151129168134157153136—17
8. ,, Reproductive ,,18182418817201320101615—1
9. ,, Bones and Joints108959125388810+2
10. „ Integumentary System157—66149199896—3
VII. Violence201234183159156162179142137151170156—14
1. Accident or Negligence1651941561221151321409994105132115—17
2. Homicide334132233832_1
3. Suicide333723112728374039383139+8
4. Execution————————1—————
5. By Bombs (Enemy Aircraft)———2511—————4——4
VIII. Ill-Defined Causes98125Ill10210389958454479139—52
All Causes493855464752460058414640447543684614190247674222—545

Table: AGES AT DEATH. The following statement gives the ages at which persons died in the borough, and contrasts them with the returns for the preceding ten years:—

AGES AT DEATH. The following statement gives the ages at which persons died in the borough, and contrasts them with the returns for the preceding ten years:—

Ages.Number of Deaths, 1924.Mean Deaths (10 years, 1914-23.Increase or Decrease on mean.
0-1 year447631- 184
1-5 years311401- 90
Under 5 vears7581,032- 274
5-15 years96181- 85
15-25 „173192- 19
25-35 „188271- 83
35-45 ,,291354- 63
45-55 „416527- Ill
55-65 „621643- 22
65-75 „868797+ 71
75-85 ,,640606+ 34
85 upwards171164+ 7
4 2224,767- 545