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, Parish of St Mary]
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TABLE I.
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 60years of age. | At 60 and under 80 years of age. | At 80 years or 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 unuer 60 years of age. | At 60 and under 80 years of Age. | At 80 years of age and upwards. |
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109 | 89 | All Causes | 198 | 99 | 24 | 25 | 36 | 14 | 1 | VI. Laryngitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Class. | 19 | 12 | Bronchitis | 31 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||
15 | 22 | I. Zymotic | 30 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Pleurisy | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||
l | 1 | II. Dropsy, &c. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | Pneumonia | 17 | 14 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | |||
18 | 10 | III. Tubercular | 28 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Asthma | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | |||
14 | 9 | IV. Brain and Nerves. | 23 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | Disease of Lungs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
8 | 4 | V. Heart, &c. | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
VI. Lungs, &c. | 54 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||
5 | 8 | VII. Digestive Organs | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | VII. Teething | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
VIII. Kidney, &c. | 3 | 2 | 1 | Quinsey | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
IX. Childbirth, &c. | 1 | 1 | 1 | Gastritis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
X. Joints, Bones, &c. | Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
1 | XI. Skin, &c. | 1 | 1 | 1 | Peritonitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||||||
XII. Malformations | Ascites | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
4 | 3 | XIII. Prem: Birth and Debility. | Ulceration of Intest. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Hernia (Rupture) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
4 | 1 | XIV. Atrophy | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Ileus | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | ||||
XV. Old Age | 1 | 5 | Intussusception | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
XVI. Sudden | Stricture of Intestinal | ||||||||||||||||
2 | XVII. Violent Death | 2 | 2 | Canal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
XVIII. Not Specified | 1 | Dis. of Stomach, &c. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||||||||||
Disease of Panerease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
I. Small Pox | Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Chicken Pox | Jaundice | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||||||||||
2 | Measles | 6 | 5 | 1 | Disease of Liver | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | ||||||
4 | Scarlatina | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Disease of Spleen | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
5 | 4 | Hooping Cough | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||
1 | Croup | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Thrush | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Diarrhœa | 3 | 1 | VIII. Nephritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Dysentery | 1 | Nephria(Bright's Dis) | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Cholera | Ischuria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
3 | Influenza | 3 | 1 | 2 | Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Scurvy and Purpura | Stone | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
1 | Ague | Cystitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Remittent Fever | Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
1 | Infantile Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | Disease of Bladder &c | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
3 | 2 | Typhus Fever | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Rheumatic Fever | IX. Parameia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
2 | Syphilis | 2 | Childbirth | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Noma (canker) | Dis. of Uterus, &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Hydrophobia | |||||||||||||||||
II. Hæmorrhage | X. Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Dropsy | 1 | Arthritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
1 | Abscess | 1 | 1 | Dis. of Joints, &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Ulcer | |||||||||||||||||
Fistula | .. | ||||||||||||||||
Mortification | XI. Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Cancer | Phlegmon | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Gout | 1 | Disease of Skin, &c. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||||
1 | 1 | III. Scrofula | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
14 | 8 | Phthi8is(Consumpu.) | 2 | 12 | 1 | Spina Bifida | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Hydrocephalus | 3 | 2 | 1 | Other Malformations | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
4 | IV. Cephalitis | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
1 | 3 | Apoplexy | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | XIII. Intemperance | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
3 | Palsy (Paralysis) | 1 | 1 | 1 | Privation of Food | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Delirium Tremens | 2 | Want of Breast Milk | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
Chorea | Neglect | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Epilepsy | 2 | 1 | 1 | Cold | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Tetanus | Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Insanity | Burns and Scalds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
2 | Convulsions | 5 | 5 | Hanging | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
1 | 2 | Disease of Brain, &c | 1 | 2 | Suffocation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
V. Pericarditis | Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Aneurism | Wounds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
8 | 4 | Disease of Heart, &c. | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Other Violence | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |