Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table B.—
| DISEASES. | 1st Quarter | Total. | 2nd Quarter. | Total. | 3rd Quarter. | Total. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | Total. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | Over 5 | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | Over 5 | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | Over 5 | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | Over 5 | ||||||
| Eczema | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Pemphigus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| In Mines and Quarries | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| In Vehicular Traffic | .. | .. | 8 | 8 | .. | 3 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 15 | 15 | .. | .. | 11 | 12 | 44 |
| On Railways | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| On Ships, Boats, &c. (not drowning).. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| In Building Operations | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| By Machinery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| By Weapons and Implements | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Burns and Scalds | .. | 2 | 4 | 6 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| Poisons, Poisonous Vapours | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Surgical Narcosis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Effects of Electric Shock | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Corrosions by Chemicals | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Suffocation, Overlaid in Bed | 7 | .. | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | .. | .. | 8 | 23 | |
| „ Otherwise | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Falls not specified | .. | .. | 9 | 10 | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | 7 | 8 | .. | .. | 8 | 8 | 33 |
| Weather Agencies | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Otherwise, not stated | 2 | .. | 4 | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| Homicide | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| By Poison | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| By Asphyxia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| By Hanging and Strangulation | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| By Drowning | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
| By Shooting | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| By Cut or Stab | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| By Precipitation from Elevated Places | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| By Crushing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| By other and unspecified methods | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Execution | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Sudden Death, cause not ascertained | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Ill-defined and unspecified causes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 94 | 64 | 499 | 657 | 91 | 43 | 423 | 557 | 98 | 45 | 382 | 525 | 113 | 76 | 492 | 681 | 2420 | |
| 95 | 51 | 521 | 667 | 78 | 43 | 380 | 501 | 67 | 37 | 380 | 484 | 74 | 64 | 472 | 610 | 2262 | |
| 189 | 115 | 1020 | 1324 | 169 | 86 | 803 | 1058 | 165 | 82 | 762 | 1009 | 187 | 140 | 964 | 1291 | 4682 | |