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Islington 1925

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

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Table: Showing the Deaths and Death Rates of Islington in 1925, and in the four quarters of the year, and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period, the mean Borough Death Rates for the 10 years 1915 24 and the deaths and death-rates in the year 1924.

Showing the Deaths and Death Rates of Islington in 1925, and in the four quarters of the year, and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period, the mean Borough Death Rates for the 10 years 1915 24 and the deaths and death-rates in the year 1924.

Quarter.Males.Females.Total.Death Rates.
Islington, 1925.Islington, 1915-24.London, 1925.105 Great Towns, 1925.
First5996131,21214.318.614.114.6
Second48742391010.713.310.111.4
Third4244038279.710.89.19.6
Fourth6175941,21114.315.813.613.4
The Year 19252,1272,0334,16012.314.611.712.2
19242,0962,1264,22212.312.312112.3
Increase or Decrease+ 31— 93— 62_— 2.3— 0.4- 0.1
Showing the Deaths and Death Rates of Islington in 1925, and in the four quarters of the year, and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period, the mean Borough Death Rates for the 10 years 1915 24 and the deaths and death-rates in the year 1924.
Quarter.Males.Females.Total.Death Rates.
Islington, 1925.Islington, 1915-24.London, 1925.105 Great Towns, 1925.
First5996131,21214.318.614.114.6
Second48742391010.713.310.111.4
Third4244038279.710.89.19.6
Fourth6175941,21114.315.813.613.4
The Year 19252,1272,0334,16012.314.611.712.2
19242,0962,1264,22212.312.312112.3
Increase or Decrease+ 31— 93— 62_— 2.3— 0.4- 0.1

Table: Causes of Death (Classified).—The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1915-24 and in 1925—

Causes of Death (Classified).—The following table shows the deaths arranged in classes of Disease from All Causes during the ten years 1915-24 and in 1925—

Classified Causes of Death .Years.Mean 10 Yrs.Difference.
19151916191719181919192019211922192319241925
I. Specific or Febrile Causes6183803911361579552464639273391565286-279
1. Miasmatic Diseases4512682931258466437301546155316449191-258
2. Diarrhoeal945656513628852940204915-34
3. Malarial ,,——-222-———1—-1
4. Zoogenous „—32—121——213+2
5. Venereal „2315151513131717209168—8
6. Septic „503825356170604758444969+20
II. Parasitic Diseases—11—11—31211—
III. Dietetic3633422472373—4
IV. Constitutional Diseases113210951114110197391898593594594510141054+40
V. Developmental554522486520657556486477377396503404—99
VI. Local284724572344259621772172220323622106229023552211-144
1. Diseases of Nervous System418339351330322341345330294290336291-45
2. ,, Organs of Special Sense17121410112013916141410-4
3. „ Circulatory System722669681691654592651734745822696740+44
4. ,, Respiratory114710068871156770822717903598797880756-124
5. ,, Digestive ,,319233243246215224260204259192240225-15
6. „ Lymphatic „910931 1101411118107-3
7. „ Urinary „182149130137151129168134157136147142-5
8. „ Reproductive ,,18241881720132010151620+4
a „ Orgs, of Generation912122778546710+3
b „ of Parturition91266101351569910+1
9. „ Bones and Joints895912538810810+2
10. „ Integumentary System7—6614919986810+2
VII. Violence234183159156162179142137151156166169+3
1. Accident or Negligence1941561221151321409994105115127124-3
2. Homicide341322338232-1
3. Suicide372311272837403938393242+10
4. Execution———————1-——1+1
5. By Bombs (Enemy Aircraft)——2511—————4--4
VIII. Ill-Defined Causes1251ll1021038995845447398532-53
All Causes554647524600584146404475436846143902422246964160—536