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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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17 f1923
| Years. | Quarters. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First. | Second. | Third. | Fourth. | ||
| 1913 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 58 |
| 1914 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
| 1915 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 71 |
| 1916 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 36 |
| 1917 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 36 |
| 1918 | 14 | 8 | 60 | 849 | 931 |
| 1919 | 294 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 356 |
| 1920 | 56 | 43 | 7 | 12 | 118 |
| 1921 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 41 | 93 |
| 1922 | 200 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 221 |
| Average | 72 | 16 | 9 | 98 | 195 |
| 1923 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 58 |
| Increase or Decrease | — 51 | + 6 | _ 2 | - 90 | - 137 |
The following statement gives the ages at death of the persons who suffered from Influenza during the preceding ten years as compared with the return for the year 1923:
| Ages. | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | Mean 10 yrs | 1923 | Difference. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 106 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 5 | - | 12 |
| 5-10 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 52 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 6 | — | - | 6 |
| 10-15 | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 15-25 | 9 | 1 | 5 | — | — | 141 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 23 | — | - | 23 |
| 25-35 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 252 | 82 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 6 | - | 33 |
| 35-45 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 109 | 47 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 4 | - | 19 |
| 45-55 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 93 | 48 | 17 | 18 | 42 | 27 | 12 | - | 15 |
| 55-65 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 69 | 42 | 17 | 13 | 37 | 22 | 5 | - | 17 |
| 65-75 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 36 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 20 | 16 | - | 4 |
| 75& upwards | 10 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 14 | 8 | - | 6 |
| All Ages. | 58 | 30 | 71 | 36 | 36 | 931 | 356 | 118 | 93 | 221 | 195 | 58 | - | 137 |
SEPTIC DISEASES.
Erysipelas and Puerperal Septicemia are the principal diseases of this class.
Erysipelas.—5 deaths were returned from this disease, or 4 less than in the year
1922; and 5 below the average of the preceding ten years, 1913-22.
Puerperal Diseases.—These comprise Puerperal Pytemia, Septicaemia, Septic
Intoxication and Puerperal Fever, and they caused 9 deaths, which is 4 above the return
of 1922, and one less than the average of the ten years 1913-22. The death-rate was
equal to 1.27 per 1,000 births.
CANCER.
Cancer.—There were 472 deaths from this malignant disease during the year, compared
with 421 in 1922, and with an average of 414 in the previous decennium. The deaths
represent a death-rate of l.40 per 1,000 of the civil population and is 0.10 above the average
rate (130) of the last ten years; 204 deaths occurred among males and 268 among females.