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Islington 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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Table: Showing theDeathsandDeath Ratesof Islington in1928,and in the four quarters of the year, and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period, the mean Borough Death Rates for the10years1918-27and the deaths and death-rates in the year1927.

Showing theDeathsandDeath Ratesof Islington in1928,and in the four quarters of the year, and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period, the mean Borough Death Rates for the10years1918-27and the deaths and death-rates in the year1927.

Quarter.Males.Females.Total.Death Rates.
Islington, 1928.Islington, 1918-27.London, 1928.107 Great Towns. 1928
First6576781,33516.417.214.414.2
Second50248798912.211.811.511.5
Third3803827629.410.09.19.3
Fourth5375381,07513.914.811.611.6
The Year 19282,0762,0854,16112.813.511.611.6
19272,1022,0224,12412.312.811.912.2
Increase or Decrease- 26+ 63+ 37+ 0 5- 0.7— 0.3- 0.6

Table: Causes of Death (Classified).—The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years1918-27and in1928.

Causes of Death (Classified).—The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years1918-27and in1928.

Classified Causes of Death.Years.Mean 10 Yrs.Difference.
19181919192019211922192319241925192619271928
I. Specific or Febrile Causes1361579552464639273391286285355518371— 147
1. Miasmatic Diseases1258466437301546155316191204266414258— 156
2. Diarrhœal „513628852940201529193525— 10
3. Malarial „222——————————
4. Zoogenous „—121——23——13+ 2
5. Venereal „151313171720985121319+ 6
6. Septic „356170604758446947585566+ 11
II. Parasitic Diseases—11—31211—12+ 1
iii. Dietetic422472332433—
iv. Constitutional Diseases11019739189859359459451054882878962950— 12
V. Developmental520657556486477377396404467289463248— 215
vi. Local259621772172220323622106229022112255241522782363+ 85
1. Diseases of Nervous System330322341345330294290291307213306212— 94
2. ,, Organs of Special Sense10112013916141016161411— 3
3. „ Circulatory System6916545926517347458227408029297361073+ 337
4. Respiratory „1156770822717903598797756709835806653— 153
5. „ Digestive „246215224260204259192225223203225205— 20
6. „ Lymphatic „31110141111871910108— 2
7. „ Urinary „137151129168134157136142142179148167+ 19
8. ,, Reproductive ,,81720132010152019191627+ 11
a „ Orgs, of Generation27785461037612+ 6
b „ of Parturition61013515691016121015+ 6
9. ,, Bones and Joints9125388101011884— 4
10. „ Integumentary System614919986107393— 6
vii. Violence156162179142137151156169169168159199+ 40
1. Accident or Negligence1151321409994105115124124136119156+ 37
2. Homicide322338223—38+ 5
3. Suicide272837403938394242323635— 1
4. Execution———1——1—————
5. By Bombs (Enemy Aircraft)11—————————1——1
viii. Ill-Defined Causes1038995845447393229155925— 34
All Causes584146404475436846143902422241604090412444434161— 282