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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS AGE DISTRIBUTION.
| CAUSES OF DEATH | AGES - BOTH SEXES. TOTALS. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | All ages. | M. | F. | |
| All causes | 181 | 30 | 41 | 310 | 758 | 1,532 | 2,852 | l.,426 | 1,426 |
| 1. Typhoid & paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Cerebrospinal fever | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Whooping Cough | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 5. Diphtheria | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| 6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 1 | 1 | 4 | 97 | 54 | 16 | 173 | 108 | 65 |
| 7. Other forms of tuberculosis | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 15 |
| 8. Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| 9. Influenza | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| 10. Measles | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 11. Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| l2. Acute infectious encephalitis | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | - | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 13. Cancer of buccal cavity and cesophagus (M); | - | - | - | - | 6 | 18 | 24 | 24 | - |
| Cancer of uterus (F) | - | - | - | 5 | 16 | 7 | 28 | - | 28 |
| 14. Cancer of stomach & duodenum | - | - | - | 2 | 38 | 45 | 85 | 52 | 33 |
| 15. Cancer of breast | - | - | - | 9 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 1 | 38 |
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | - | - | 2 | 15 | 112 | 135 | 264 | 154 | 110 |
| 17. Diabetes | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 13 |
| 18. Intro-cronial vascular lesions | - | - | - | 4 | 50 | 167 | 221 | 84 | 137 |
| 19. Heart disease | - | - | 1 | 37 | 157 | 460 | 655 | 267 | 368 |
| 20. Other diseases of the circulatory system | - | - | - | 4 | 25 | 80 | 109 | 60 | 49 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 119 | 190 | 109 | 81 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 15 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 48 | 92 | 172 | 96 | 76 |
| 23. 0ther respiratory diseases | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | l2 | 21 | 41 | 22 | 19 |
| 24. Ulceration of the stomach or duodenum | - | - | - | 3 | 18 | 18 | 39 | 26 | 13 |
| 25. Diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 29 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 30 | 18 | 12 |
| 26. Appendicitis | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 32 | 63 | 29 | 34 |
| 28. Nephritis | 1 | 2 | - | 11 | 16 | 44 | 74 | 35 | 39 |
| 29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 30. Other maternal causes | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | 6 | - | 6 |
| 31. Premature birth | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | 53 | 21 | 32 |
| 32. Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile disease | 48 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 32 | 23 |
| 33. Suicide | -- | - | - | 9 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 13 |
| 34. Road treffic accidents | - | - | 8 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 21 | 9 |
| 35. Other violent causes | 7 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 42 | 89 | 42 | 47 |
| 36. All other causes | 7 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 43 | 170 | 271 | 137 | 134 |
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