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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[1920
| Quarter. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Death Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islington, 1925. | Islington, 1915-24. | London, 1925. | 105 Great Towns, 1925. | ||||
| First | 599 | 613 | 1,212 | 14.3 | 18.6 | 14.1 | 14.6 |
| Second | 487 | 423 | 910 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 10.1 | 11.4 |
| Third | 424 | 403 | 827 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 9.6 |
| Fourth | 617 | 594 | 1,211 | 14.3 | 15.8 | 13.6 | 13.4 |
| The Year 1925 | 2,127 | 2,033 | 4,160 | 12.3 | 14.6 | 11.7 | 12.2 |
| 1924 | 2,096 | 2,126 | 4,222 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 121 | 12.3 |
| Increase or Decrease | + 31 | — 93 | — 62 | _ | — 2.3 | — 0.4 | - 0.1 |
| Quarter. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Death Rates. | |||
| Islington, 1925. | Islington, 1915-24. | London, 1925. | 105 Great Towns, 1925. | ||||
| First | 599 | 613 | 1,212 | 14.3 | 18.6 | 14.1 | 14.6 |
| Second | 487 | 423 | 910 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 10.1 | 11.4 |
| Third | 424 | 403 | 827 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 9.6 |
| Fourth | 617 | 594 | 1,211 | 14.3 | 15.8 | 13.6 | 13.4 |
| The Year 1925 | 2,127 | 2,033 | 4,160 | 12.3 | 14.6 | 11.7 | 12.2 |
| 1924 | 2,096 | 2,126 | 4,222 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 121 | 12.3 |
| Increase or Decrease | + 31 | — 93 | — 62 | _ | — 2.3 | — 0.4 | - 0.1 |
| Classified Causes of Death . | Years. | Mean 10 Yrs. | Difference. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | ||||
| 618 | 380 | 391 | 1361 | 579 | 552 | 464 | 639 | 273 | 391 | 565 | 286 | - | 279 | |
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 451 | 268 | 293 | 1258 | 466 | 437 | 301 | 546 | 155 | 316 | 449 | 191 | - | 258 |
| 2. Diarrhoeal | 94 | 56 | 56 | 51 | 36 | 28 | 85 | 29 | 40 | 20 | 49 | 15 | - | 34 |
| 3. Malarial ,, | — | — | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | 1 |
| 4. Zoogenous „ | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 5. Venereal „ | 23 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 8 | — | 8 |
| 6. Septic „ | 50 | 38 | 25 | 35 | 61 | 70 | 60 | 47 | 58 | 44 | 49 | 69 | 20 | |
| — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| 36 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | — | 4 | |
| 1132 | 1095 | 1114 | 1101 | 973 | 918 | 985 | 935 | 945 | 945 | 1014 | 1054 | 40 | ||
| 554 | 522 | 486 | 520 | 657 | 556 | 486 | 477 | 377 | 396 | 503 | 404 | — | 99 | |
| 2847 | 2457 | 2344 | 2596 | 2177 | 2172 | 2203 | 2362 | 2106 | 2290 | 2355 | 2211 | - | 144 | |
| 1. Diseases of Nervous System | 418 | 339 | 351 | 330 | 322 | 341 | 345 | 330 | 294 | 290 | 336 | 291 | - | 45 |
| 2. ,, Organs of Special Sense | 17 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 10 | - | 4 |
| 3. „ Circulatory System | 722 | 669 | 681 | 691 | 654 | 592 | 651 | 734 | 745 | 822 | 696 | 740 | 44 | |
| 4. ,, Respiratory | 1147 | 1006 | 887 | 1156 | 770 | 822 | 717 | 903 | 598 | 797 | 880 | 756 | - | 124 |
| 5. ,, Digestive ,, | 319 | 233 | 243 | 246 | 215 | 224 | 260 | 204 | 259 | 192 | 240 | 225 | - | 15 |
| 6. „ Lymphatic „ | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 1 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | - | 3 | |
| 7. „ Urinary „ | 182 | 149 | 130 | 137 | 151 | 129 | 168 | 134 | 157 | 136 | 147 | 142 | - | 5 |
| 8. „ Reproductive ,, | 18 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 4 | |
| a „ Orgs, of Generation | 9 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 3 | |
| b „ of Parturition | 9 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 1 | |
| 9. „ Bones and Joints | 8 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | |
| 10. „ Integumentary System | 7 | — | 6 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | |
| 234 | 183 | 159 | 156 | 162 | 179 | 142 | 137 | 151 | 156 | 166 | 169 | 3 | ||
| 1. Accident or Negligence | 194 | 156 | 122 | 115 | 132 | 140 | 99 | 94 | 105 | 115 | 127 | 124 | - | 3 |
| 2. Homicide | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 3. Suicide | 37 | 23 | 11 | 27 | 28 | 37 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 39 | 32 | 42 | 10 | |
| 4. Execution | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 5. By Bombs (Enemy Aircraft) | — | — | 25 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
| 125 | 1ll | 102 | 103 | 89 | 95 | 84 | 54 | 47 | 39 | 85 | 32 | - | 53 | |
| All Causes | 5546 | 4752 | 4600 | 5841 | 4640 | 4475 | 4368 | 4614 | 3902 | 4222 | 4696 | 4160 | — | 536 |