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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS WITH AGS DISTRIBUTION.
AGES - BOTH SEXES.
| CAUSES OF DEATH | Under 1 year | 1 year and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 ana under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | TOTALS. | F. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All AGES | M. | ||||||||
| All causes | 185 | 38 | 62 | 353 | 785 | 1,634 | 3,057 | 1,594 | 1,463 |
| 1. Typhoid & paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Cerebrospinal fever | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 4. Whooping Cough | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 11 | 8 |
| 5. Diphtheria | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 6. Tuberculosis of respiratory | - | - | - | 82 | 59 | 21 | 162 | 104 | 58 |
| 7. Other forms of tuberculosis. | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | - | 19 | 13 | 6 |
| 8. Syphilitic disease | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 6 |
| 9. Influenza | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 11 |
| 10. Measles | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 11. Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12. Acute infectious encephalitis | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| 13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 12 | 25 | 25 | - |
| Cancer of uterus (F) | - | - | - | 4 | 13 | 11 | 28 | - | 28 |
| 14. Cancer of stomach & duodenum | - | - | - | 6 | 32 | 44 | 82 | 43 | 39 |
| 15. Cancer of breast | - | - | - | 5 | 25 | 8 | 38 | - | 38 |
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | - | - | 1 | 17 | 87 | 137 | 242 | 128 | 114 |
| 17. Diabetes | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 13 |
| 18. Intra-cranial Vascular lesions | 1 | - | - | - | 27 | 159 | 187 | 77 | 110 |
| 19. Heart Disease | - | - | 3 | 29 | 144 | 575 | 751 | 353 | 398 |
| 20. Other diseases of the circulatory system | - | - | - | 3 | 22 | 51 | 76 | 41 | 35 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 4 | 1 | - | 6 | 74 | 127 | 212 | 148 | 64 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 102 | 180 | 104 | 76 |
| 23. Other respiratory diseases | - | - | 1 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 44 | 31 | 13 |
| 24. Ulceration of the stomach or duodenum | - | - | - | 8 | 29 | 30 | 67 | 51 | 16 |
| 25. Diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 34 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 35 | 18 | 17 |
| 26. Appendicitis | - | l | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 54 | 20 | 34 |
| 28. Nephritis | 1 | - | - | 7 | 23 | 28 | 59 | 30 | 29 |
| 29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| 30. Other maternal causes | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| 31. Premature birth | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | 27 | 16 |
| 32. Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile disease | 41 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 33 | 24 |
| 33. Suicide | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 5 |
| 34. Road traffic accidents | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 21 | 9 |
| 35. Other violent causes | 12 | 10 | 20 | 104 | 79 | 122 | 347 | 172 | 175 |
| 36. All other causes | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 39 | 108 | 195 | 91 | 104 |