Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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| Years. | Marriages. | Marriage Rate. | Years. | Marriages. | Marriage Rate. |
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| Quarter. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Islington, 1936. | Birth Rates. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islington, 1926-35. | London, 1936. | Great Towns, 1936. | |||||
| Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | |
| Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington South-East. | The Borough. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | |
| Notified by: | Doctors. | Midwives. | Parents and other Persons. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | |
| Period. | Certified by Doctor. | Certified by Midwife. | By Other Persons. | Total. Registered. | Per 1,000 of Total Births (including still-born). |
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| Sub-Districts | Quarters. | The Year. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
| Quarter. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Islington, 1936. | Death | Rates. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islington, 1926-35. | London, 1936. | Great Towns. 1936. | |||||
| Ages. | Number of Deaths, 1936. | Mean Deaths (10 years, 1926-35.) | Increase or Decrease on mean. |
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| Sub-District. | Infant Deaths. | Mortality per 1,000 Births. |
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| Years. | Under one week. | Weeks. | Total under four weeks. | Months. | Total Deaths under one year. | Deaths per 1,000 Births. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4 weeks and under 3 mths. | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 | |||||
| Sub. Districts. | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | Mean 10 years | 1936 | Increas or decrease on mean |
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| Causes of death. | 1936. Rate per 1,000 Births. | Mean rate 10 years 1926-35 per 1,000 Births. | Difference. |
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| Cause of Death. | Under 1 week | Weeks. | Total under 4 weeks | Months. | Total Deaths under 1 year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4 weeks and under 3 months | 3-6 6-9 | 9-12 | |||||
| Institutions. | 1936. | 1935. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents. | Non-Residents. | Total. | Residents. | Non-Residents. | Total. | |
| Sub-Registration Districts. | Wards | Enteric Fever. | Small Pox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Enteritis and Diarrhoea. | Totals. |
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| 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death. Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
| 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | Mean 10 years | 1936 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates, | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
| Ages. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhœa. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | |
| Years. | Quarters. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First. | Second. | Third. | Fourth. | Totals. | |
| Ages. | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | Mean 10 yrs | 1936 | Difference. |
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| Ages. | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | Mean 10 yrs | 1936 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarters. | Tufnell. | Upper Hollo-way. | Tolling-ton. | Lower Hollo-way. | Highbury. | Barns-bury. | Islington, South East. | The Borough |
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| Tuberculosis (Respiratory System). | Proportion of Deaths from Tuberculosis per 100 Deaths from All Causes. | Death rates from All Causes per 1,000 inhabitants. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years. | Deaths. | Death rates per 1,000 inhabitants. | ||
| Age Periods. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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| Quarters. | Tufnell. | Upper Hollo-way. | Tolling-ton. | Lower Hollo-way. | Highbury. | Barns-bury. | Islington, South East. | The Borough |
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| Form. | Ages. | Sex. | Districts. | Total Deaths. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-5 | over 5 | M. | F. | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | L.H. | H. | B. | S.E. | ||
| Year. | Cases. | Attack-rates per 1,000 civil population. |
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| Total cases notified. |
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| Years. | Cases. | Deaths. | Fatality. |
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| Year. | Cases treated in Hospital. | Percentage of cases treated. |
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| Disease. | Total cases. | Cases isolated in Hospital. | Percentage of known cases. |
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| Notified Cases Treated. | Percentage of Notified Cases Treated. | Deaths Occurring | Percentage of Deaths Occurring. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Hospital | At Home | Total | In Hospital | At Home | In Hospital | At Home | Total | In Hospital | At Home | Total | |
| DISEASES. | YEARS. | † Average number of cases, 1926-35 | 1936 | Increase or Decrease | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | ||||||
| Sub-Registration Districts. | Wards. | Small pox. | Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric (Typhoid) Fever. | Typhus Fever. | | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 |
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| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica. |
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| Registration Sub-Districts. | Wards. | Respiratory Tuberculosis. | Other Forms of Tuberculosis. | Grand Totals | Tuberculosis Rate per 1,000 of Population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||||
| Tubercular Diseases. | Sex. | At all ages. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | |||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up. | |||
| Year. | Notified Cases. | Coming to knowledge. | Total. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lungs. | Other Forms. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F, | M. | F. | ||
| Age-periods | Notifications on Form A. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications. | Total Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form A. | |||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | I to 5 | 6 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and up. | |||
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | |
| Age Periods, | New Cases. | Deaths, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonarv. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Houses. | Rooms. |
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| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | ||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||
| Diagnosis. | pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children, | Adults. | Children. | Grand Total. | ||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||
| 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dispy | South Dispy | North Dispy | South Dispy | North Dispy | South pispy | North Dispy | South Dispy | North Dispy | South Dispy | |
| Cases. | Attendances. |
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| Date. | Dispensary | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Year. | Total. |
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| Month. | North Dispensary. | South Dispensary. | Total. |
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| Disease. | No. of Notifications. | Average of preceding 10 years. | Increase or Decrease. |
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| Disease. | Notifications by Teachers. | Average of preceding 10 years. | Increase or Decrease. |
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| No. of Swabs Submitted for Examination. | Negative Resu't. (Bacilli) | Positive Result. (Bacilli) | Non-Virulent. | Virulent. |
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| Periods. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive Results | Negative Results. | Total Examined. | Positive Results. | Negative Results. | Total Examined. | Positive Results. | Negative Results. | Total Examined. | ||
| Year. | Northern Islington (No. 1 District) | Southern Islington (No. 2 District) | Total. |
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| Registration Sub-Districts. | Number of Births returned in " Birth List Sheets" in 1935. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small Pox. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection. | Died Unvaccinated. | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removed to other Districts. | Removed to places Unknown. | Number of Children remaining Unvaccinated. or not accounted for (Defaulters). | Total Number of Certificates of Primary Vaccination of children under 14 years received during year 1936. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection received during year 1936. |
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| Name of the Institution or Vaccination District. | Name of the Medical Officer or Public Vaccinator. | Number of successful primary vaccinations of persons, | Number of successful re-vaccinations,i.e., successful vaccinations of persons who had been successfully vaccinated at some previous time. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under one year. | One year and upwards | Total. | ||||
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year 1936 | 1935 |
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| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year. |
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| Workshops and Workplaces. | 1936. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Workshops on Register. | Total Workrooms on Register. | Number added during Year. | Number removed during Year. | ||
| Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Women. | Male Young Persons. | Totals. |
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| Premises. | Inspections. | Number of WrittenNotices | Prosecutions. |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||
| Instances. | Noticcs Served. | Remedied. | Prosecutions. |
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| Number. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nature of Work. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Districts. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| Districts. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 |
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| 1919 to 1935. | 1936. | Total since 1919. |
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| Held under | Total at 31st Dec., 1934 | Erected in 1935 & 1936 | Total |
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| No. of rooms. | Permitted No. of persons. |
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| Size of rooms. | Permitted No. of persons. |
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| Maximum "equivalent number " of persons. | Corresponding number of rooms (approx.). | Number of dwellings of each size overcrowded. |
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| Size of family ("equivalent number'' of persons). | Size of dwelling occupied, in terms of the maximum "equivalent number" of persons | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *0 | *½ | 1 | l½ | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 4½ | 5 | 5½ | 6 | 6½ | 7 | ||
| Year. | House or part of the house not kept in a reasonable state of repair. | House or part of the house kept in a reasonable state of repair. | "Report" re completion of work mentioned in schedule issued with certificate. | Certificates not issued. | Total. |
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| Oxen. | Sheep and Lambs. | Pigs. | Horses (for export) |
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| Number of Cases. | Description of animal. | Nature of disease. | Extent of disease. | How disposed of. |
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| Tons. | Cwts | Qtrs. | lbs. |
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| Number Inspected. | Number found Unsatisfactory. |
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| Dairies and Milk Shops. | Number on Register 31/12/35. | Additions to Register. | Removals from Register. | Number on Register 31/12/36. |
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| Designation. | No. of applications | Number granted. | Amount of Fees received. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examined. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Per Cent. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | Adulterated. | |
| No. of Samples. | Solids not Fat. | Fat. | Total Solids. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number taken. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. |
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| 1936. | No. of Samples Taken. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Per cent. Adulterated. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarters. | Sundays. | Weekdays. | In transit. | All Milks. | Sundays. | Weekdays. | In transit. | All Milks. | Sundays. | Weekdays. | In transit. | All Milks. | Sundays. | Weekdays. | In transit. | All Milks. | |
| Samples Analysed. | Genuine. | Adulterated | Per cent. Adulterated. |
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| Years. | Sunday Milks. | Week-day Milks. | In transit (Farmers). | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Samples | Per cent of non-fatty solids. | Per cent, of fat. | No. of Samples | Per cent, of non-fatty solids. | Per cent, of fat. | No. of Samples | Per cent, of non-fatty solids. | Per cent, of fat. | |
| Statute. | Total Prosecutions | Successful. | Dismissed. | Withdrawn. | Amount of Penalties | Costs Received. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| Tufnell. | Upper Hollo-way. | Toll-ington. | Lower Hollo-way. | Highbury. | Barns-bury. | South East. | The Borough. |
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| Ophthalmia Neonatorum Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified, | Treated. | |||||
| At home. | In hospital. | |||||
| Year. No. | of Live Births. | No. of Maternal Deaths. | Rate. |
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| 1936. Month. | Cause of Death. | Ages at Death. | Totals. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 and 1 upwd | Total | From Puerperal Sepsis. | From other Diseases of Childbirth. | ||
| Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Hollo-way. | Highbury. | Barns-bury. | South-East. | The Borough |
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| Tufnell. | Upper Hollo-way. | Toll-ington. | Lower Hollo-way, | Highbury. | Barns-bury. | South-East. | The Borough |
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| District No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 & 8 | 7 | 9 | CI.L.P. Not included in totals‡. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Births. | New Cases Handed to H.Vs. for Visitation | Infant Mortality. | Maternal Mortality. | Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate. | Notified Births. | Non-Notified Births. | Transfers In. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | Cases. | Removals. | Cases. | Removals. | Cases. | Removals. |
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Sex | All ages | AGES. | DISTRICTS. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85 & up | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | L.H | H. | B. | S.E. | |||
| Causes of Death. | Sex | All ages | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— |
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| Disease. | Ages. | Totals | Total Cases removed to Hospital | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1-2 | 2—3 | 3—4 | 4-5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and upwds | ||||