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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1928]
| Deaths in Institutions within Borough. | DISEASES. | AGES. | Under 5 | Over 5 | DISTRICTS. | Males. | Female | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85- | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | L.H | H. | B. | S.E. | |||||||
| Puerperal Thrombosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 10 | 10 | ||
| Arthritis, Ostitis, Periostitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ulcer, Bedsore | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Eczema | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Pemphigus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | ||
| Accidcnts and Negligence. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In Mines and Quarries | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 19 | In Vehicular Traffic | – | 5 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | – | 5 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 20 | 56 |
| On Railways | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| On Ships, Boats, etc. (not drowning) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2 | In Building Operation | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 7 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 7 | – | 7 |
| By Machinery | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1 | By Weapons and Implements | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Burns and Scalds | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | Poisons, Poisonous Vapours | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | - | 3 |
| Surgical Narcosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Effects of Electric Shock | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Corrosions by Chemicals Drowning | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 6 | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Suffocation, Overlaid in Bed | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | - | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Suffocation, Otherwise | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 32 | Falls, not specified | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 51 | 7 | – | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 34 | 55 |
| Weather Agencies | – | – | – | – | - | - | – | – | - | 1 | - | – | – | – | 1 | - | – | – | – | – | 1 | - | – | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | Otherwise, not stated | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Suicide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | By Poison | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | – | – | – | 24 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| By Asphyxia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| By Hanging and Strangulation | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| By Drowning | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | - | – | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| By shooting | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| By Cut or Stab | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1 | By Precipitation from Elevated Places | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| By Crushing | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| By other and unspecified methods | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Execution | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | – | - | - | |
| Sudden Death, cause not ascertained | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Ill-defined and unspecified causes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 200 | 164 | 39 | 17 | 38 | 40 | 76 | 140 | 223 | 382 | 407 | 303 | 17 | 364 | 1712 | 209 | 204 | 200 | 270 | 338 | 369 | 489 | - | - | - | ||
| 174 | 120 | 31 | 17 | 28 | 38 | 104 | 130 | 210 | 303 | 421 | 381 | 128 | 294 | 1791 | 233 | 204 | 194 | 242 | 380 | 330 | 502 | - | - | - | ||
| 1,152 | 374 | 284 | 70 | 34 | 66 | 78 | 180 | 270 | 433 | 685 | 828 | 684 | 175 | 658 | 3503 | 442 | 408 | 394 | 812 | 715 | 699 | 991 | 2076 | 2403 | 4479 | |
* Not certified.