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Islington 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1925]
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Showing Birth-Rates, Death-Rates, and Analysis of Mortality of Islington
during the Five Calendar Years 1920-1924, and the rates for the year 1925.
RATE PER THOUSAND POPULATION.
| Years | 1920 | 1921* | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | Mean 5 years | 1925 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated Popuation | 335,907 | 333,000 | 333,900 | 336,000 | 337,400 | 334,761 | 339,200 | +4,439 |
| Total Births | 28.2 | 23.5 | 22.6 | 21.1 | 19.9 | 23.1 | 19.3 | —3.8 |
| Total Deaths | 13.3 | 130 | 13.7 | 11.5 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 12.3 | —0.4 |
| Deaths from— | ||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.28 | 0.08 | 0.39 | 0.05 | 0.30 | 0.22 | 0.06 | —0.16 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 002 | —0.03 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.21 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.20 | +0.02 |
| Diphtheria | 0.40 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.22 | 0.06 | —0.16 |
| All the above Diseases | 0.93 | 0.60 | 0.95 | 0.27 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.35 | —0.32 |
| Deaths from— | ||||||||
| Influenza | 0.35 | 0.28 | 0.64 | 0.17 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.21 | —0.14 |
| Tuberculosis (All Forms) | 1.27 | 1.21 | 1.24 | 1.12 | 1.14 | 1.20 | 1.29 | +0.09 |
| Pulmonary | 1.04 | 1.05 | 1.08 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 1.03 | 1.13 | +0.10 |
| Non.Pulmonary | 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.16 | —0.01 |
| Cancer | 1.19 | 1.42 | 1.25 | 1.40 | 1.36 | 1.33 | 1.57 | +0.24 |
| Dis. of the Respiratory System | 2.44 | 2.14 | 2.72 | 1.76 | 2.29 | 2.28 | 2.23 | —0.05 |
| Dis. of the Circulatory System | 1.30 | 1.55 | 1.79 | 1.89 | 1.93 | 1.70 | 2.18 | +0.48 |
| Violence | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.49 | +0.05 |
RATE PER THOUSAND BIRTHS.
| Deaths of infants under 1 year | 72 | 81 | 77 | 67 | 65 | 73 | 63 | —10 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | 7.49 | 19.58 | 9.40 | 14.47 | 7.31 | 11.51 | 10.54 | —0.97 |
* Census Year.
Showing Sickness Rates per 1,000 Population of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Five years 1920.24; and in 1925, also Deaths in same periods.
| 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | Mean 5 yrs. | 1925 | Difference. | Mean Deaths 1920-24 | Deaths 1925 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enteric Fever | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0 03 | -0.01 | 1 | 4 |
| Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 3.89 | 7.87 | 4.48 | 3.21 | 3.13 | 4.53 | 3.36 | —1.17 | 8 | 8 |
| Diphtheria | 3.95 | 4.67 | 3.38 | 2.64 | 2.48 | 3.44 | 2.69 | —0.75 | 36 | 21 |
| Erysipelas | 0.49 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.32 | —0. 05 | 4 | 10 |
| Acute Enceph. Lethargica | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.04 | —0.01 | 2 | 6 |
| ,, Polio.myelitis | 0.02 | 0.01 | — | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 000 | —0.01 | 0.8 | — |
| ,, Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | —0.01 | 3 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0.42 | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.33 | 0.27 | —0.06 | 0.4 | — |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.23 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.24 | 0.27 | +0.03 | — | — |
| „ Influenzal Pneumonia | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.12 | —0.02 | — | — |
| Malaria | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | — | —0.02 | 0.4 | — |
| Dysentery | 0.01 | — | 0.00 | 0.01 | — | 0.00 | — | — | — | — |
| Rate Per 1,000 Births. | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 3.08 | 4.31 | 1 2.68 | 3.10 | 3.05 | 3.23 | 3.50 | +0.27 | 4 | 7 |