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Islington 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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5 [1923

Table: Showing the Deaths and Death Rates of Islington in 1923, and in the four quarters of the year, and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period, the mean Borough Death Rates {or the 10 years 1913-22, and the deaths and death-rates in the year 1922.

Showing the Deaths and Death Rates of Islington in 1923, and in the four quarters of the year, and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period, the mean Borough Death Rates {or the 10 years 1913-22, and the deaths and death-rates in the year 1922.

Quarter.Males.Females.Total.Death Rates.
Islington, 1923.Islington, 1913-22.London, 1923.105 Great Towns, 1923.
First5655481,11313.219.212.513.1
Second47644692210.914.010.811.9
Third4214068279.811.59.49.4
Fourth5165241,04012.415.812.111.8
The Year 19231,9781,9243,90211.615.311. 211.6
19222,3342,2804,61413.811.613.413.0
Increase or Decrease— 356— 356— 712— 2.2— 3.7— 2.2— 1.4

Table: Causes of Death (Classified).—The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes daring the ten years 1913-22, and in 1923.

Causes of Death (Classified).—The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes daring the ten years 1913-22, and in 1923.

Classified Causes of Death.Years.Mean 10 Yrs.1923Difference.
1913191419151916191719181919192019211922
I. Specific or Febrile Causes4485726183803911361579552464639600273- 327
1. Miasmatic Diseases2842994512682931258466437301546460155- 305
2. Diarrhœal „9917494565651362885297140- 31
3. Malarial ,,-1---222--1-- 1
4. Zoogenous „42-32-121-1-- 1
5. Venereal „192123151515131317171720+ 3
6. Septic „427550382535617060475058+ 8
11. Parasitic Diseases1--11-11-311-
III. Dietetic171136334224792- 7
IV. Constitutional Diseases1032105611321095111411019739189859351034945- 89
V. Developmental468512554522486520657556486477524377- 147
VI. Local271824882847245723442596217721722203236224362106- 330
1. Diseases of Nervous System376363418339351330322341345330351294- 57
2. „ Organs of Special Sense20141712141011201391416+ 2
3. „ Circulatory System733660722669681691654592651734679745+ 66
4. „ Respiratory „958896114710068871156770822717903926598- 328
5. „ Digestive ,,362304319233243246215224260204261259- 2
6. „ Lymphatic „101591693111014111111-
7. ,, Urinary „213193182149130137151129168134159157- 2
8. „ Reproductive „26181824188172013201810- 8
9. ,, Bones and Joints61089591253878+ 1
10. „ Integumentary System14157-66149199108- 2
VII. Violence195201234183159156162179142137175151- 24
1. Accident or Negligence1571651941561221151321409994137105- 22
2. Homicide333413223338+ 5
3. Suicide343337231127283740393138+ 7
4. Execution1--------1---
5. By Bombs (Enemy Aircraft)----2511----4-- 4
VIII. Ill-defined Causes149981251ll1021038995845410147- 54
All Causes502849385546475246005841464044754368461448803902- 978