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Islington 1857

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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TABLE I.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN ISLINGTON DURING FIVE WEEKS ENDING OCTOBER 3rd, 1857. (Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals excluded.)

West S.D.East S.D.Causes of Death.At all Ages.Under 20 years of age.At 20 and under 40 years of age.At 40 and under 60 years of age.At 60 and under 80 years of age.At 80 years of age and upwards.West S.D.East S.D.Causes of Death.At all ages.Under 20 years of age.At 20 and under 40 years of age.At 40 and under 60 years of ageAt bo and under 80 years of Age.At 80 years of age and upwards.
12375All Causes19810829243061..VI. Laryngitis1......1..
Class.113Bronchitis146..251
3321I. Zymotic544261411..Pleurisy1......1..
56II. Dropsy, &c.11..235124Pneumonia............
2314III. Tubercular3718136........Asthma211......
125IV. Brain and Nerves17515512..Disease of Lungs
44V. Heart, &c.81223..
177VI. Lungs, &c.24131271
85VII. Digestive Organs.139112..32VII. Teething55........
1..VIII. Kidney, &c.1....1....1..Quinsey11........
11IX. Childbirth, &c.2..11......1Gastritis11........
....X. Joints, Bones, &c.................Enteritis............
1..XI. Skin, &c.11..........1Peritonitis11........
....XII. Malformations................Ascites............
22XIII. Prem: Birth44............Ulceration of Intest.............
2land Debility.32..1........Hernia (Rupture)............
92XIV. Atrophy1111..........1Ileus1......1..
..5XV. Old Age5......32....Intussusception............
....XVI. Sudden................Stricture of Intestinal Canal............
52XVII. Violent Death72211..2..Dis. of Stomach, &c.211......
....XVIII. Not Specified................Disease of Pancreas .211......
....I. Small Pox................Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis)............
1..Chicken Pox11........1..Jaundice1......1..
2..Measles22........1..Disease of Liver1....1....
34Scarlatina761..........Disease of Spleen............
42Hooping Cough66........
1..Croup11........
11Thrush22........
108Diarrhœa1815....21....VIII. Nephritis............
..1Dysentery11............Nephria(Bright's Dis)............
....Cholera................Ischuria............
....Influenza................Diabetes............
....Scurvy and Purpura................Stone............
....Ague................Cystitis............
....Remittent Fever................Stricture of Urethra............
....Infantile Fever............1..Disease of Bladder &c.1....1....
85Typhus Fever136412..
....Puerperal Fever............
1..Rheumatic Fever1..1..........IX. Paramenia............
....Erysipelas..............1Ovarian Dropsy1....1....
2..Syphilis22........1..Childbirth1..1......
....Noma (Canker)................Dis. of Uterus, &c.............
....Hydrophobia............
....II. Hæmorrhage................X. Rheumatism............
..5Dropsy5..212......Arthritis............
....Abscess................Dis. of Joints, &c.............
....Ulcer............
....Fistula............
....Mortification................XI. Carbuncle............
5..Cancer5....131....Phlegmon............
..1Gout1....1....1..Disease of Skin, &c.11........
11III. Scrofula21..1....
64Tabes Mesenterica1010............XII. Cyanosis............
137Phthisis(Consumpn.)202135........Spina Bifida............
32Hydrocephalus55............Other Malformations............
11IV. Cephalitis2....11......XIII. Intemperance............
....Apoplexy............1..Privation of Food1......1..
33Palsy (Paralysis)6....231....Want of Breast Milk............
2..Delirium Tremens2....2........Neglect............
....Chorea................Cold............
1..Epilepsy1......1......Poison............
..Tetanus............1..Burns and Scalds1..1......
....Insanity..............1Hanging1....1....
31Convulsions44........1..Suffocation11........
2..Disease of Brain, &c.211........1Drowning1*..........
....V. Pericarditis............2..Fractures & Contus.211......
....Aneurism................Wounds............
44Disease of Heart, &c.81223......Other Violence............
* Age unknown.