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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 MAY 30th, 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.Fast S.D.Causes of Death.At all ages.Under 20 years of age.At 20 and under 40 years of age.At 40 ana under 60 years of age.At 60 and under 80 years of Age.At 80 years of age and upwards.
11796All Causes21311025373474..VI. Laryngitis44........
Class.77Bronchitis146..152
1822I. Zymotic4033232......Pleurisy............
95II. Dropsy, &c.141364..55Pneumonia109..1....
2019III. Tubercular3919164....11Asthma2....11..
814IV. Brain and Nerves227..510..2..Disease of Lungs211......
67V. Heart, &c.131..84..
1913VI. Lungs, &c.3220136224VII. Teething66........
116VII. Digestive Organs.1710124......Quinsey............
21VIII. Kidney, &c.3..1..11....Gastritis............
3..IX. Childbirth, &c.3....21....Enteritis............
21X. Joints, Bones, &c.3..111..21Peritonitis33........
....XI. Skin, &c.............1..Ascites1......1..
21XII. Malformations33..............Ulceration of Intest.............
32XIII. Prern: Birth55............Hernia (Rupture)............
..1and Debility.1....1........Ileus............
72XIV. Atrophy97..2....1..Intussusception1....1....
22XV. Old Age4........4....Stricture of Intestinal Canal1..1......
....XVI. Sudden............1..Dis. of Stomach, &c.............
5..XVII. Violent Death54....1......Disease of Pancreas.............
....XVIII. Not Specified............••..Disease of Pancreas .............
....I. Small Pox................Inflammation of Liver (Hepatitis)............
19Measles1010............Jaundice............
2..Scarlatina22........41Disease of Liver51..13..
66Hooping Cough1212............Disease of Spleen............
....Croup............
....Thrush............
43Diarrhœa76....1......VIII. Nephritis............
....Dysentery............1..Nephria(Bright's Dis.)1......1..
....Cholera..............••Ischuria............
....Influenza..............••Diabetes............
....Scurvy and Purpura............••••Stone............
....Ague............••••Cystitis............
....Remittent Fever............••••Stricture of Urethra............
1..Infantile Fever11........11Disease of Bladder &c.2..1....1
33Typhus Fever61131..
1..Puerperal Fever1..1......
....Rheumatic Fever............
..1Erysipelas11............IX. Paramenia............
....Syphilis............2..Ovarian Dropsy2....2....
....Noma (Canker)................Childbirth............
....Hydrophobia............1••Dis. of Uterus, &c.1......1..
..1II. Hæmorrhage1......1..
21Dropsy3111....21X. Rheumatism3..11..1
1..Abscess1..1..........Arthritis............
....Ulcer................Dis. of Joints, &c.............
....Fistula............
....Mortification............
63Cancer9..153......IX. Carbuncle............
....Gout................Phlegmon............
11III. Scrofula22............Disease of Skin, &c.............
..4Tabes Mesenterica44............XII. Cyanosis............
167Phthisis(Consumpn.)233164....••..Spina Bifida............
37Hydrocephalus1010........21Other Malformations33........
21IV. Cephalitis33............XIII. Intemperance............
26Apoplexy8....35......Privation of Food............
34Palsy (Paralysis)7....25..1..Want of Breast Milk11........
....Delirium Tremens................Neglect............
....Chorea................Cold............
....Epilepsy................Poison............
....Tetanus............1..Burns and Scalds11........
....Insanity................Hanging............
13Convulsions44........2..Suffocation22........
....Disease of Brain, &c.................Drowning............
....V. Pericarditis............1..Fractures & Contus.1......1..
....Aneurism................Wounds............
67Disease of Heart, &c.131..84......Other Violence............