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Islington 1929

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

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1929]
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Table: Causes ot Death (Classified). — The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1919-28 and in 1929.

Causes ot Death (Classified). — The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1919-28 and in 1929.

Classified Causes of Death.Years.Mean
191919201921192219231924192519261927192810 Yrs.1929Difference.
I. Specific or Febrile Causes579552464639273391286285355371419482+63
1. Miasmatic Diseases466437301546155316191204266258314394+80
2. Diarrhoeal ,,362885294020152919253313—20
3. Malarial „22------------
4. Zoogenous „121——23-—31——1
5. Venereal „131317172098512191322+9
6. Septic „617060475844694758665853—5
II. Parasitic Diseases11—31211—211--
III. Dietetic224723324335+2
IV. Constitutional Diseases9739189859359459451054882878950947907—40
V. Developmental657556486477377396404467289248436256—180
VI. Local217721722203236221062290 221122552415236322552887+632
1. Diseases of Nervous System322341345330294290291307213212294228_66
2. „ Organs of Special10
Sense112013916141616111411—3
3. ,, Circulatory System65459265173474582274080292910737741226+452
4. „ Respiratory „770822717903598797756709835653756960+204
5. „ Digestive „215224260204259192225223203205221229+8
6. „ Lymphatic ,,111014111187191081113+2
7. „ Urinary „151129168134157136142142179167150172+22
8. „ Reproductive ,,172013201015201919271821+3
a ,, Orgs, of Generation7785461031279+2
b „ of Parturition101351569101612151112+1
9. ,, Bones and Joints12538810101184853
10. Integumentary System149199861073391—8
VII. Violence162179142137151156169169168199163205+42
1. Accident or Negligence1321409994105115124124136156123149+26
2. Homicide22338223—832—1
3. Suicide283740393839424232353754+17
4. Execution———1——1—————--
5. By Bombs (Enemy Aircraft)--------------
VIII. Ill-Defined Causes899584544739322915255126—25
All Causes464044754368461439024222416040904124416142754275+473

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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:—

Table: The following statement gives the ages at which persons died in the Borough, and contrasts them with the returns for the preceding ten years:—

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, 1929.Mean Deaths (10 years, 1919-28.)Increase or Decrease on mean.
0-1 year403488— 85
1-5 years239273— 34
Under 5 years642761— 119
5-15 years96133— 37
15-25 „1591634
25-35 „193205— 12
35-45 „290298— 8
45-55 „513465+ 48
55-65 „805633+ 172
65-75 „938805+ 133
75 85 „877636+ 241
85 upwards235176+ 59
All Ages.4,7484,275+ 473