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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]

Table: Causes of Death (Classified).—The following' table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1916-25 and in 1926:—

Causes of Death (Classified).—The following' table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1916-25 and in 1926:—

Classified Causes of Death.Years.Mean 10 Yrs.1926Difference.
1916191719181919192019211922192319241925
I. Specific or Febrile Causes3803911361579552464639273391286532285-247
1. Miasmatic Diseases2682931258466437301546155316191423204-219
2. Diarrhoeal „565651362885294020154229-13
3. Malarial „——222—————1—-1
4. Zoogenous „32—121——231—-1
5. Venereal „151515131317172098145-9
6. Septic „382535617060475844695147-4
II. Parasitic Diseases11—11—312111—
III. Dietetic334224723332-1
IV. Constitutional Diseases10951114110197391898593594594510541006882-124
V. Developmental522486520657556486477377396404488467-21
VI. Local245723442596217721722203236221062290221122922255-37
1. Diseases of Nervous System339351330322341345330294290291323307-16
2. „ Organs of Special Sense12141011201391614101316+3
3. ,, Circulatory System669681691654592651734745822740698802+104
4. „ Respiratory „10068871156770822717903598797756841709-132
5. „ Digestive „233243246215224260204259192225230223-7
6. ,, Lymphatic „16931110141111871019+9
7. „ Urinary „149130137151129168134157136142143142-1
8. „ Reproductive „24188172013201015201719+2
a „ Orgs, of Generation121227785461073-4
b „ of Parturition1266101351569101016+6
9. „ Bones and Joints9591253881010811+3
10. „ Integumentary System—66149199861097-2
VII. Violence183159156162179142137151156169159169+10
1. Accident or Negligence1561221151321409994105115124120124+4
2. Homicide413223382233—
3. Suicide231127283740393839423242+10
4. Execution——————1——1———
5. By Bombs (Enemy Aircraft)—2511———————4—- 4
VIII. Ill-Defined Causes111102103899584544739327629-47
All Causes475246005841464044754368461439024222416045574090-467

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, 1926.Mean Deaths (10 years, 1916-25.)Increase or Decrease on mean.
0-1 year427552-125
1-5 years214348-134
Under 5 years641900-259
5-15 years102161-59
15-25 „132190-68
25-35 „174256-82
35-45 „273325-62
45-55 „430498-68
55-65 „628636-8
65-75 „815805+10
75-85 „686619+67
85 upwards209167+42
All Ages.4,0904,557-467