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Islington 1926

Seventy-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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[1926
INFLUENZA.
Influenza caused 51 deaths during' the year and showed a decrease of 21 on
the return for the year 1925, and they were 151 below the average of the preceding
ten years 1916.25. The death.rate was equal to 0.10 per 1,000 inhabitants.

Table: Showing the Deaths from Influenza in the Quarters of the Year 1926, together with the averages of the corresponding periods, 1916.25.

Showing the Deaths from Influenza in the Quarters of the Year 1926, together with the averages of the corresponding periods, 1916.25.

Years.First.Quarters.Fourth.Totals.
Second.Third.
19169721836
19172281536
191814860849931
191929435621356
19205643712118
1921331724193
19222001038221
192321227858
19247015415104
192547312172
Average7717999202
192615243951
ncrease or Decrease—62+ 7— 6— 90—151

Table: 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 1926 :—

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 1926 :—

Ages.1916191719181919192019211922192319241925Mean 10 yrs1926Difference.
0. 5_11061910522511617_— 17
5.10——5253—1—1261— 5
10.15——32831—22_5_— 5
15.25——1414812511—102232— 21
25.35—22528221914671394— 35
35.4512109471815184103238— 15
45.55679348171842121211276— 21
55.65686942171337519112312— 11
65.7510105036131443161619238— 15
75 & upwards13-6272141333816171610— 6
All Ages363693135611893221581047220251—161

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SEPTIC DISEASES.
Erysipelas and Puerperal Septicaemia are the principal diseases of this class.
Erysipelas.—8 deaths were returned from, this disease, or 3 less than in the
year 1925, and 1 below the average of the preceding ten years 1916.25.
Puerperal Diseases.—.These comprise Puerperal Pyaemia, Septicaemia,
Septic Intoxication and Puerperal Fever, and they caused 11 deaths, which is 3
above the return of 1925, and 3 below the average of the ten years 1916.25. The
death.rate was equal to 1.70 per 1,000 births.
CANCER.
Cancer.—453 deaths were registered from this malignant disease during the
year compared with 534 in 1925, and with an average of 445 in the previous decen.
nium. The deaths represent a death.rate of 1.34 per 1,000 of the civil population
and is 0.04 below the average rate (1.38) of the last ten years; 200 deaths occurred