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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 1924
Sixty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1924
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INFLUENZA.
Influenza caused 10-1 deaths during the year and showed an increase of 46 on
the return for the year 1923, but they were 91 below the average of the preceding
ten years 1914-23. The death-rate was equal to 0.30 per 1,000 inhabitants.
| Years. | Quarters. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First. Second. Third. Fourth. | |||||
| 1914 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
| 1915 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 71 |
| 1916 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 36 |
| 1917 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 36 |
| 1918 | 14 | 8 | 60 | 849 | 931 |
| 1919 | 294 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 356 |
| 1920 | 56 | 43 | 7 | 12 | 118 |
| 1921 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 41 | 93 |
| 1922 | 200 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 221 |
| 1923 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 58 |
| Average | 72 | 17 | 9 | 97 | 195 |
| 1924 | 70 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 104 |
| Increase or Decrease | – 2 | – 2 | – 5 | – 82 | – 91 |
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 1924:—
| Ages. | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | Mean | Difference. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 yrs | 1924 | |||||||||||||
| 0- 5 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | 106 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 11 | – | 6 |
| 5-10 | 1 | – | – | – | 52 | 5 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 5 |
| 10-15 | – | – | – | – | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | o | – | 3 |
| 15-25 | 1 | 5 | – | – | 141 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 11 | – | 22 | 10 | – | 12 |
| 25-35 | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | 252 | 82 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 39 | 7 | – | 32 |
| 35-45 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 109 | 47 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 23 | 10 | – | 13 |
| 45-55 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 93 | 48 | 17 | 18 | 42 | 12 | 26 | 12 | – | 14 |
| 55-65 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 69 | 42 | 17 | 13 | 37 | 5 | 22 | 19 | – | 3 |
| 65-75 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 36 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 16 | 21 | 16 | – | 5 |
| 75 & upwards | 1 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 14 | 16 | + | 2 |
| All Ages | 30 | 71 | 36 | 36 | 931 | 356 | 118 | 93 | 221 | 58 | 195 | 104 | – | 91 |
SEPTIC DISEASES.
Erysipelas and Puerperal Septicaemia are the principal diseases of this class.
Erysipelas.—10 deaths were returned from this disease, or 5 more than in the
year 1923, and equalled the average of the preceding ten years 1914-23.
Puerperal Diseases.— These comprise Puerperal Pyæmia, Septicæmia,
Septic Intoxication and Puerperal Fever, and they caused 8 deaths, which is I
below the return of 1923, and equal to the average of the ten years 1914-23. The
death-rate was equal to 1.18 per 1,000 births.
CANCER.
Cancer.-—470 deaths were registered from this malignant disease during the
year compared with 472 in 1923, and with an average of 421 in the previous decennium.
The deaths represent a death-rate of 1.37 per 1,000 of the civil population
and is 0.10 above the average rate (1.27) of the last ten years; 214 deaths occurred