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Islington 1922

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

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9 [1922

Table: showing the Deaths and Death Rates of Islington in 1922, 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 for the 10 years 1912-21, and the deaths and death-rates in the year 1921.

showing the Deaths and Death Rates of Islington in 1922, 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 for the 10 years 1912-21, and the deaths and death-rates in the year 1921.

Quarter.Males.Females.Total.Death Rates.
Islington, 1922.Islington, 1912-21.London, 1922.105 Great Towns, 1922.
First8878861,77321.2418.6719.718.3
Second5305581,08813.0314.0013.112.7
Third4193647839.3811.858.99.3
Fourth49847297011.6217.0112.011.8
The Year 19222,3342,2804,61413.8215.3713.413.0
19212,2122,1564,36813.1213.8212.412.3
Increase or Decrease+ 122+ 124+ 246+ 0.70+ 1.55+ 1.0+ 0.7

Table: Causes of Death (Classified). —The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1912-21. and in 1922.

Causes of Death (Classified). —The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1912-21. and in 1922.

Classified Causes of Death.Years.Mean 10 Yrs.1922Difference.
1912191319141915191619171918191919201921
I. Specific or Febrile Causes3974485726183803911361579552464576639+ 63
1. Miasmatic Diseases3002842994512682931258466437301436546+ 110
2. Diarrhœal „3699174945656513628857129- 42
3. Malarial „1-1---222-1-- 1
4. Zoogenous „-42-32-1211-- 1
5. Venereal171921231515151313171717-
6. Septic „434275503825356170605047- 3
II. Parasitic Diseases-1-—11—11--3+ 3
III. Dietetic19171136334224107- 3
IV. Constitutional Diseases10231032105611321095111411019739189851043935- 108
V. Developmental396468512554522486520657556486516477- 39
VI. Local250027182488284724572344259621772172220324502362- 88
1. Diseases of Nervous System260376363418339351330322341345344330- 14
2. „ Organs of Special Sense4201417121410112013139- 4
3. „ Circulatory System754733660722669681691654592651681734+ 53
4. „ Respiratory „980958896114710068871156770822717934903- 31
5. „ Digestive „290362304319233243246215224260270204- 66
6. „ Lymphatic „61015916931110141011+ 1
7. „ Urinary „166213193182149130137151129168162134- 28
8. „ Reproductive „25261818241881720131920+ l
9.„ Bones and Joints106108959125388-
10. „ Integumentary System514157-661491999-
VII. Violence227195201234183159156162179142184137- 47
1. Accident or Negligence1771571651941561221151321409914694- 52
2. Homicide533341322333-
3. Suicide453433372311272837403239+ 7
4. Execution-1---------1+ 1
5. By Bombs (Enemy Aircraft)—--——2511———3-- 3
VIII. Ill-defined Causes1201499812511110210389958410854- 54
All Causes468250284938554647524600584146404475436848874614- 273