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Islington 1856
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
- Published
- 1857
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- 24
- Tables
- 7
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TABLE I. DEATHS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN ISLINGTON AND ITS SUB-DISTRICTS DURING THE YEAR 1856, Births 4309
All Ages. AGES. Und 1 1- 2- 3- 4- Under 5 5- 10- 15- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75- 85- 95 Up. -
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TABLE I. DISTINGUISHING THE AGES AND CAUSES OF DEATH (Deaths of Strangers in Hospitals excluded.) Annual Report, E xcess of B irths over D eaths, (corrected.) 1873. 1856.
West s.d. East s.d. Causes of Death. All Ages. AGES. Und 1 1- 2- 3- 4- Und 5 5- 10- 15- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75- 85- 95 Up. -
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TABLE II. DEATHS OCCURRING IN EACH WEEK AND QUARTER, DISTINGUISHING CERTAIN IMPORTANT DISEASES AND AGES. [Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals, and of Islington Patients in Hospitals elsewhere, not included.]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 121 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Weeks ending Inn 5 Jan. 12 Jan. 19 Jan 26 Feb 2 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 Feb. 23 Mar 1 Mar 8 Mar 15 Mar 22 Mar 29 1st Quarter. Apr. 5 Apr. 12 Apr. 19 Apr 26 May 3 May 10 May 17 May 24 May 31 Jun 7 Jun 14 Jun 21 Jun 28 2nd Quarter. -
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TABLE III. SHEWING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS REGISTERED EACH QUARTER, IN EACH WARD OP THE PARISH, DISTINGUISHING THOSE FROM ZYMOTIC AND TUBERCULAR DISEASES, AND SUCH AS TOOK PLACE IN INFANCY, AND THE PROPORTION BORNE BY THESE DEATHS TO THE TOTAL MORTALITY OF THE WARD. (Omitting Workhouse and Infant Poor-House.) 1856.
WARD 1. WARD 2. WARD 3. WARD 4. Total. Zymotic. Tubercular. Under 5. Total. Zymotic. Tubercular. Under 5. Total. Zymotic. Tubercular. Under 5. Total. Zymotic. Tubercular. Under 5. -
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TABLE IV. SHEWING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN THE METROPOLIS AND IN ISLINGTON AND ITS SUB-DISTRICTS FROM ZYMOTIC AND EPIDEMIC DISEASES.
Epidemic Diseases especially affecting Children. 1 Population 1851 2 Deaths 1856 3 Deaths fr Zymotic Disease. 4 Per ct. of all deaths 5 . Population 1851 under 5 years. 6 Per 1000 of Popn. under 5. 7 Zymtc deaths undr 5 8 Per 1000 of Popn. under 5. 9 Small Pox. 10 Per ct. of all deaths 11 Measles. 12 Per ct. of all deaths 13 Scarlatina 14 Per ct. of all deaths 15 Hooping Cough 16 Per ct. of all deaths 17 Diarrhoea. 18 Per ct. of all deaths 19 Total. 20 Per ct. of all deaths 21 Typhus. 22 Per ct. of all deaths -
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TABLE V. SHEWING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN THE METROPOLIS AND IN ISLINGTON AND ITS SUB-DISTRICTS FROM THE TUBERCULAR CLASS OF DISEASES.
All deaths, 1856 Tubercular Disease. Per cent of all deaths. Scrofula Per cent of all deaths. Tabes Mcsenterica. Per cent of all deaths. Phthisis Per cent of all deaths. Hydrocephalus Per cent of all deaths. -
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TABLE VI. SHEWING THE SANITARY CONDITION OF TWELVE HUNDRED DWELLINGS OF THE LOWER CLASSES IN ISLINGTON.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 No. of Houses systematically inspected. No. of inhabited Rooms. Mean No. of Rooms in a house. No. of Inmates. No. of separate Holdings. Mean No. of Holdings to a House. Mean No. of Individuals in a house. Mean No. of Individuals in a Room. Mean No. of Individuals to one Holding. Dirty Houses. Per cent of Total. Houses damp, chiefly from foundation. Per cent of Total. Dust-bins wanting or defective. Per cent of Total. Yards wet, dirty or unwholesome. Per cent of Total. Unwholesome or defective Water supply. Per cent of Total. Cesspools and unwholesome Privies. Per cent of Total. Houses with untrapped Drains. Per cent of Total. Ventilation very defective. Per cent of Total. Sum of Defects. Divided by No. of Houses.