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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1932
| Years. | Quarters. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First. | Second. | Third. | Fourth. | ||
| 1922 | 200 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 221 |
| 1923 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 58 |
| 1924 | 70 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 104 |
| 1925 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 72 |
| 1926 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 51 |
| 1927 | 118 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 152 |
| 1928 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 41 |
| 1929 | 190 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 207 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 1931 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 90 |
| Average | 75 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 101 |
| 1932 | 82 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 103 |
| Increase or Decrease | +7 | —3 | — | —2 | +2 |
The following statement gives the ages at death of the persons who suffered from Influenza during the preceding ten years as compared with the return for the year 1932.
| Ages. | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | Mean 10yrs | 1932 | Difference. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- 6 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | _ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | _ | 1 |
| 5-10 | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 10-15 | — | 2 | 2 | — | _ | 1 | — | _ | _ | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 15-25 | 11 | _ | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 4 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 |
| 25-35 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 9 | — | 4 | 6 | 9 | + | 3 |
| 35-45 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 19 | — | 14 | 10 | 4 | — | 6 |
| 45-55 | 42 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 38 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 10 | — | 7 |
| 55-65 | 37 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 18 | — | — |
| 65-75 | 43 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 34 | 7 | 52 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 25 | + | 4 |
| 75 & upwards | 33 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 38 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 29 | + | 12 |
| All Ages | 221 | 58 | 104 | 72 | 51 | 152 | 41 | 207 | 16 | 90 | 101 | 103 | + | 2 |
SEPTIC DISEASES.
Erysipelas and Puerperal Septicaemia are the notifiable diseases of this class.
Erysipelas.—19 deaths were returned from this disease, or 2 more than in
the year 1931, and 8 above the average of the preceding ten years 1922-31.
Puerperal Diseases.—These comprise Puerperal Pyaemia, Septicaemia,
Septic Intoxication and Puerperal Fever, and they caused 13 deaths, being 6 above
the number in 1931, and were 4 above the average of the ten years 1922-31. The
death-rate was equal to 2.6 per 1,000 births. Septicaemia (non-notifiable purulent
infections) deaths numbered 12.
CANCER.
Cancer.—534 deaths were registered from this malignant disease during the
year compared with 519 in 1931, and with an average of 478 in the previous
decennium. The deaths represent a death-rate of 1.64 per 1,000 of the civil