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Islington 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1912]
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DIABETES MELLITUS.
This disease caused 29 deaths, which although two more than those which
Were registered in 1911, are nevertheless the same as the average for the
preceding 10 years- Of the deceased, 19 were males and 10 females, which
shows an excess of four males and a similar decrease of females when compared
with the decennial average. More than one-third of the deaths occurred
at the age period 55-65, and slightly more than one-fourth from 65-75.
It will, therefore, be seen that it is a disease of elderly people.
| Ages at Death. | Years. | Mean 10 years. | 1912. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | |||
| 0- 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5-15 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 15-25 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25-35 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 35-45 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 45-55 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1O | 7 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 55-65 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | |
| 65-75 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 75-85 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | I | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | |
| All Ages | 35 | 32 | 36 | 34 | ||||||||
| Males | 11 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| Females | 15 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | ||||