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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1912]
Table XXV.
Classified Causes of Death. | Quarters. | Year. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st. | 2nd. | 3rd. | 4th. | ||
I. Specific or Febrile Causes.. | 97 | 81 | 93 | 126 | 397 |
1. Miasmatic Diseases | 74 | 62 | 58 | 106 | 300 |
2. Diarrhœal ,, | 5 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 36 |
3. Malarial ,, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
4. Zoogenous ,, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5. Venereal ,, | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
6. Septic ,, | 13 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 43 |
II. Parasitic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
III. Dietic | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
IV. Constitutional Diseases | 269 | 247 | 225 | 282 | 1023 |
V. Developmental | 132 | 90 | 92 | 82 | 396 |
VI. Local | 737 | 564 | 505 | 694 | 2,501 |
1. Diseases of Nervous System | 73 | 59 | 70 | 58 | 261 |
2. ,, Organs of Special Sense | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 |
3. ,, Circulatory System | 206 | 183 | 177 | 188 | 754 |
4. ,, Respiratory „ | 345 | 208 | 133 | 294 | 980 |
5. „ Digestive „ | 57 | 66 | 69 | 98 | 290 |
6. „ Lymphatic „ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
7. ,, Urinary ,, | 41 | 38 | 47 | 40 | 166 |
8. Reproductive „ | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
9. „ Bones and Joints | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
10. ,, Integumentary System | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 |
VII. Violence | 60 | 43 | 71 | 53 | 227 |
1. Accident or Negligence | 46 | 33 | 51 | 47 | 177 |
2. Homicide.. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 |
3. Suicide | 12 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 44 |
4. Execution | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
VIII. Ill-defined Causes | 21 | 28 | 20 | 51 | 119 |
All Causes | 1,324 | 1,058 | 1,009 | 1,291 | 4,682 |
Note—The heavy figures denote that the diseases to which they are applied were most fatal in the
Quarter to which they refer.