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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1933
| Years. | Quarters. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First. | Second. | Third. | Fourth. | ||
| 1923 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 58 |
| 1924 | 70 | 15 | 4 | 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 | 4J |
| 1929 | 190 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 207 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 1931 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 90 |
| 1932 | 82 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 103 |
| Average | 63 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 89 |
| 1933 | 162 | 1 | 7 | 170 | |
| Increase or Decrease | +99 | —11 | — 4 | — 3 | + 81 |
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 1933.
| Ages. | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | Mean 10yrs | 1933 | Difference. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | - | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | - | 1 |
| 5-10 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 10-15 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 15-25 | — | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | |
| 25-35 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 9 | — | 4 | 9 | 5 | 10 | + | 5 |
| 35-45 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 19 | — | 14 | 4 | 9 | 24 | + | 15 |
| 45-65 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 38 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 27 | + | 13 |
| 55-65 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 32 | + | 16 |
| 65-75 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 34 | 7 | 52 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 19 | 33 | + | 14 |
| 75 & upwards | 8 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 38 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 17 | 37 | + | 20 |
| A11 Ages | 58 | 104 | 72 | 51 | 152 | 41 | 207 | 16 | 90 | 103 | 89 | 170 | + | 81 |
SEPTIC DISEASES.
Erysipelas and Puerperal Septicaemia are the notifiable diseases of this class.
Erysipelas.—20 deaths were returned from this disease, or 1 more than in
the year 1932, and 8 above the average of the preceding ten years 1923-32.
Puerperal Diseases.—These comprise Puerperal Pyaemia, Septicæmia,
Septic Intoxication and Puerperal Fever, and they caused 13 deaths, being the
same as in 1932, and were 4 above the average of the ten years 1923-32. The
death-rate was equal to 2.8 per 1,000 births. Septicaemia (non-notifiable purulent
infections) deaths numbered 17.
Anthrax, Glanders, Farcy, Tetanus, etc.— An inquest was held on the
death of a horse slaughterman's roundsman who was found to have died from
septicæmic anthrax. The Coroner did not presume that the man got the germ
while at work. Such cases of anthrax are very infrequent.
INDUSTRIAL DISEASES.
Lead Poisoning, Chrome, etc.—No death from any of these causes was
recorded.
CANCER.
Cancer.—509 deaths were registered from this malignant disease during the
year compared with 534 in 1932, and with an average of 489 in the previous
decennium. The deaths represent a death-rate of 1.59 per 1,000 of the civil