Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals are excluded. Deaths of Residents in Public Institutions are distributed.
Institutions within Borough. | DISEASES. | AGES. | Under 5 | Over 5 | DISTRICTS. | Males. | Female. | Total. | ||||||||||||||||||
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0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85- | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | L.H. | H. | B. | S.E. | |||||||
Small Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
(a) Vaccinated | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
(b) Unvaccinated | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
(c) No Statement | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
39 | Measles | 22 | 125 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 147 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 29 | 15 | 22 | 40 | 97 | 59 | 156 |
1 | Scarlet Fever | – | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||
Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2 | Epidemic Influeuza | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 18 | ||
5 | Whooping Cough | 15 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | 21 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | ||
1 | Diphtheria | 2 | 13 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 25 |
1 | Enteric Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1* | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Asiatic Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
4 | Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 10 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | – | 7 | 4 | 11 |
10 | Epidemic Enteritis | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
1 | la | 2a | – | – | – | – | – | la | – | la | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Hydrophobia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Glanders | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Tetanus | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Anthrax | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Cow Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
8 | Syphilis | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | – | – | 3 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
Gonorrhoea | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
Phagedaena | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
9 | Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | ||
2 | Puerperal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 5 | – | 10 | 10 |
12 | Pyaemia | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | – | – | 4 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 28 | |
3 | Infective Endocarditis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 8 | 11 | |
1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | |||
Malarial Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | - | |
4 | Rheumatic Fever | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
Rheumatism of Heart | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
5 | Tuberculosis of Brain | 4 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 25 |
Tuberculosis of Larynx | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
100 | Phthisis | – | 3 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 31 | 71 | 04 | 63 | 29 | 14 | 3 | – | 3 | 304 | 27 | 30 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 68 | 84 | 181 | 125 | 306 |
1 | Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2 | General Tuberculosis | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
4 | Other forms Tuberculosis | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | _ | 1 | – | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | – | - | ||
Thrush | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | – | - | |
Actinomycosis | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Hydatid Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | |
Scurvy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
1 | Acute Alcoholism | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | - | 1 |
Chronic Alcoholism | – | – | – | – | – | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | ||
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | - | ||
Osteo-arthritis | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 8 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
Gout | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | ||
188 | Cancer | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 14 | 36 | 83 | 147 | 155 | 71 | 9 | – | 518 | 51 | 46 | 49 | 65 | 100 | 93 | 114 | 229 | 289 | 518 |
Diabetes Mellitus | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | – | – | 22 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | ||
Purpura Haemorrhagica | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Haemophilia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | - | - | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Anaemia | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
Lymphadenoma | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
Premature Birth | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 70 | – | 11 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 37 | 70 | |
Injury at Birth | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
Debility at Birth | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Atelectasis | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
34 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 35 | ||
Want of Breast Milk | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
a Cerebrospinal Fever (5).
* Paratyphoid.