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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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CLASSIFICATION-OF DEATHS WITH AGE DISTRIBUTICN.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES - BOTH SEXES. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 4-5 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | All ages | TOTALS. | ||
| M. | F. | ||||||||
| All causes. | 154 | 49 | 35 | 475 | 933 | 1,862 | 3,508 | 1,843 | 1,665 |
| 1. Typhoid & paratyphoid fevers | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 2. Cerebrospinal fever | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Whooping Cough | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 5. Diphtheria | - | 5 | - | - | 11 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system. | 2 | 5 | 1 | 127 | 17 | 220 | 82 | ||
| 7. Other forms of tuberculosis | - | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 12 | ||
| 8. Syphilitic disease | 1 | - | - | 21 | 14 | 42 | 22 | 20 | |
| 9. Influenza | - | 3 | - | 5 | 9 | 21 | 38 | 19 | 19 |
| 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 12.Acute infectious encephalitis | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 13.Cancer of buccal cavity and œ sophagus (m) | - | - | _ | - | 13 | 28 | 41 | 41 | - |
| Cancer of uterus (F) | - | ■ - | - | 5 | 11 | 6 | 22 | - | |
| 14.Cancer of stomach & duodenum | - | - | - | 7 | 49 | 96 | 51 | 45 | |
| 15.Cancer of breast | - | - | - | 3 | 22 | 15 | 40 | 2 | 38 |
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | - | - | - | 15 | 96 | 151 | 262 | 147 | 115 |
| 17. Diabetes | - | - | - | 2 | 14 | 27 | 12 | 15 | |
| - | - | - | 4 | 57 | 160 | 221 | 91 | 130 | |
| 19. Heart disease | - | - | 4 | 153 | 608 | 795 | 363 | 432 | |
| 20. Other diseases of the circulatory system | _ | - | - | - | 30 | 76 | 106 | 62 | 44 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 7 | 4 | - | 14 | 79 | 204 | 308 | 195 | 113 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 32 | 28 | 59 | 107 | 232 | 131 | |||
| 23. Other respiratory diseases | - | 1 | - | 4 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 12 | 20 |
| 24. Ulceration of the stomach or duodenum | - | - | - | 7 | 19 | 52 | 39 | 13 | |
| 25. Diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 9 | 10 |
| 26. Appendicitis | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 1 | - | - | 11 | 17 | 49 | 78 | 30 | 48 |
| 28. Nephritis | - | - | 1 | 13 | 30 | 41 | 85 | 35 | 50 |
| 29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | - | - | - | - | _ | - | |||
| 30. Other maternal causes | - | . - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 31. Premature birth | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | 22 | 13 |
| 32. Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile disease | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 21 | 20 | ||
| 33. Suicide | - | 1 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 12 | 15 | ||
| 34. Road traffic Accidents | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 21 | |
| 35. Other violent causes | 12 | 11 | 115 | 96 | 80 | 320 | 184 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 51 | 257 | 140 | 117 | ||
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