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Islington 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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27
[1933
The following return gives the deaths at each age period:—
| Age Periods. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 5-15 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 15-25 | 15 | 35 | 50 |
| 25-35 | 35 | 29 | 64 |
| 35-45 | 25 | 16 | 41 |
| 45-55 | 40 | 13 | 53 |
| 55-65 | 33 | 10 | 43 |
| 65 upwards | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| Total | 162 | 112 | 274 |
| Quarters. | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington, South East. | The Borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 7 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 89 |
| Second | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 63 |
| Third | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 51 |
| Fourth | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 71 |
| The Year | 26 | 38 | 32 | 22 | 36 | 63 | 57 | 274 |
| Form. | Ages. | Sex. | Districts. | Total Deaths. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-5 | over 5 | M. | F. | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | L.H. | H. | B. | S.E. | ||
| Respiratory | 1 | 273 | 162 | 112 | 26 | 38 | 32 | 2? | 36 | 63 | 57 | 274 | |
| Meningeal | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| Abdominal | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| General | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| Other forms | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| All Tuberculosis | 6 | 11 | 295 | 175 | 137 | 27 | 44 | 38 | 25 | 40 | 68 | 70 | 312 |
DEATHS FROM THE DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.
(Exclusive of Tuberculosis and Influenza.)
These diseases, which include Chronic and Acute Bronchitis, Pneumonia.
Pleurisy and Asthma, caused 565 deaths, 44 above that of 1932. They were equal
to a death-rate of 1.77 per 1,000 of the civil poulation, and represented 14.3
per cent. of the total deaths registered in the Borough.
Acute Bronchitis.—There were 87 deaths as compared with 90 in the
previous year, 43 occurred among males, and 44 among females. The deaths of
2 infants under 12 months were registered.
Chronic Bronchitis.—83 deaths were ascribed to it, 46 being males and
37 females. This return is 43 above that of 1932.
Pneumonia (All forms).—368 deaths were registered, of which 189 were
males and 179 females, and were 39 above the year 1932. 41 infants under a year
old died from this disease, while between the ages of 1 and 5 years 33 died from
it. Above 5 years of age the deaths numbered 294.
209 deaths occurred in Public Institutions, chiefly the Islington Hospitals.