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Islington 1930

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

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Table: Causes ofDeath (Classified).—The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1920-29 and in 1930.

Causes ofDeath (Classified).—The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1920-29 and in 1930.

Classified Causes of Death.Years.Mean 10 Yrs.1930Difference.
1920192119221923192419251926192719281929
I. Specific or Febrile Causes552464639273391286285355371482409298—111
1. Miasmatic Diseases437301546155316191204266258394307223—81
2. Diarrhoeal ,,288529402015291925133024—6
3. Malarial „2-------------
4. Zoogenous „21——23-—3-1——1
5. Venereal „131717209851219221411—3
6. Septic „706047584469475866535740—17
II. Parasitic Diseases1—31211—2111--
III. Dietetic247233243545+1
IV. Constitutional Diseases9189859359459451054882878950907940864—76
V. Developmental556486477377396404467289248256396294—102
VI. Local2172 22032362210622902211225524152363288723262277—49
1. Diseases of Nervous System341345330294290291307213212228285344+59
2. „ Organs of Special Sense20139161410161611111413_1
3. „ Circulatory System59265173474582274080292910731226832787—45
4. „ Respiratory „822717903598797756709835653960775650—125
5. „ Digestive ,,224260204259192225223203205229223242+9
6. „ Lymphatic ,,10141111871910813117—4
7. „ Urinary ,,129168134157136142142179167172153204+51
8. „ Reproductive ,,201320101520191927211818--
a ,, Orgs, of Generation78546103712973—4
b „ of Parturition135156910161215121115+4
9. „ Bones and Joints538810101184578+1
10. „ Integumentary System91998610733184-4
VII. Violence179142137151156169169168199205167184+17
1. Accident or Negligence1409994105115124124136156149124144+20
2. Homicide2338223-8232-1
3. Suicide374039383942423235544038-2
4. Execution——1——1——————-
5. By Bombs (Enemy Aircraft)--------------
VIII. Ill-Defined Causes958454473932291525264415-29
All Causes447543684614390214222i4160409041244161474842873938-349

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, 1930.Mean Deaths (10 years, 1920-29.)Increase or Decrease on mean.
0-1 year399476—77
1-5 years228273—45
Under 5 years627749—122
5-15 years97124—27
15-25 „134159-25
25-35 „157195—38
35-45 „202290—88
45-55 „404466—62
55-65 „656648+ 8
65-75 ,,789816—27
75-85 „685659+26
85 upwards187180+7
All Ages.3,9384,286—348