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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 1913

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

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Table: Indeed, zymotic diseases, against which we are constantly lighting, exhibit the very gratifying decrease of 148 on the average of the preceding ten years.

Indeed, zymotic diseases, against which we are constantly lighting, exhibit the very gratifying decrease of 148 on the average of the preceding ten years.

Classified Diseases.1913.Average of 1903-12.1912.Difference from 1903-12.Difference from 1912.
Zymotics322470296—148+26
Respiratory958964980—6—22
Venereal192017—1+2
Septic424743—5—1
Parasitic11—0+1
Dietic172719—10—2
Constitutional1,0321,0311,023+1+9
Developmental468410396+58+72
Nervous System376308260+68+116
Special Sense Organs20124+8+16
Circulatory System733679754+54—21
Digestive „362309290+53+72
Lymphatic „101060+4
Urinary „213167166+46+47
Reproductive „2626250+1
Bones and Joints61210—6—4
Integumentary1485+6+9
Violence195194227+1—32
Ill-defined Causes149146120+3+29

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SEASONAL MORTALITY.
In the first quarter of the year the deaths numbered 1,495, and were equal
to an annual death-rate of 18.36 per 1,000 of the inhabitants. This deathrate
contrasts with an average rate of 16.94 in the first quarters of the ten
preceding years, and with 19.35 in the years 1886-1912. There was an
increase in the number of deaths of young infants as compared with the preceding
ten years, as well as a considerable increase among persons of 65 years
old and upwards. Indeed, these deaths amounted to as many as 79. For
further particulars, reference should be made to the quarterly reports of the
Medical Officer of Health, which deal fully with this matter.