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Islington 1859

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

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TABLE I.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN ISLINGTON DURING FOUR WEEKS ENDING FEBRUARY 26th, 1859.

(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 ace.At 40 and under 60 years of age.At 60 and under 80 years of age.At 80 years of age and upwards.
98941921182119304..2VI Laryngitis22........
Class914Bronchitis2310..481
3519I. Zymotic54522..........Pleurisy............
52II. Dropsy,&c.7213..14..Pneumonia421..1..
1721III. Tubercular38181271......Asthma............
1112IV. Brain and Nerves2314126......Disease of Lungs............
22V. Heart, &c4..1..3..
1316VI. Lungs, &c.29141491
26VII. Digestive Organs.82123......VII. Teething............
21VIII. Kidney, &c.32....1......Quinsey............
1..IX, Childbirth, &c1..1........1Gastritis1....1....
21X. Joints, Bones, &c.3..1..2....1Enteritis11........
....XI. Skin, &c...............1Peritonitis11........
....XII Malformation................Ascites............
24XIII, Prem. Birth and Debility.66............Ulceration of Intest.............
..111..........1Hernia (Rupture)1..........
31XIV. Atrophy4..............Ileus............
32XV. Old Age5......32....Intussusception............
....XVI. Sudden............Stricture of Intestinal
..4XVII. Violent Death49..11......Canal............
..2XVIII. Not Specified2l....1......Dis. of Stomach, &c.............
. ..,Disease of Pancreas............
1..1. Small Pox11............Inflammation of Liver
....Chicken Pox..............1(Hepatitis)1..........
12Measles33..........1Jaundice1......1..
82Scarlatina1010........2..Disease of Liver2..11....
139Hooping Cough2222............Disease of Spleen............
21Croup33........
....Thrush............
11Diarrhœa22...........VIII.nephritis............
1..Dysentery11........21Nephria (Bright's Ds)32....1....
....Cholera..1............Ischuria..............
....Influenza................Diabetes................
....Scurvy and Purpura................Stone............
....Ague................Cystitis............
....Remittent fever................Stricture of Urethra............
..2Infantile Fever22............Disease of Bladder &c............
12Typhus Fever321......
1..Puerperal Fever1..1......
....Rheutmatic................IX Paramenia............
1..Erysipelas11........1..Ovarian Dropsy1..1......
....Ssymblis yphilis................Childbirth............
....Noma (Canker)................Dis. of Uterus, &c.............
5Epid. Sore Throat55........
..1II. Hæmorrhage1........11..X. Rheumatism1......1..
2..Dropsy211..........Arthritis............
....Abscess............11Dis. of Joints, &c.2..1..1..
1..Ulcer11......
....Fistula............
....Mortification................XI. Carbuncle............
21Cancer3....3........Phlegmon............
....Gout................Disease of Skin, &c............
..1III. Scorfula11........
13Tabes Mesenterica44............XII. Cyanosis............
1215Phthisis(Consumpn)2771271......Spina............
42Hydrocephalus66............Other Malformations............
23IV. Cephalitis54..1....
13Apoplexy41..12......XIII. Intemperance............
13Palsy(Paralysis)4......4....1Privation of Food1......1..
....Delirium Tremeans............1.Want of Breast Milk............
....Chorea................Neglect............
....Epilepsy................Cold............
....Tetanus................Poison............
....Insanity................Burns and Scalds............
62Convulsions88............Hanging............
11Disease of Brain, &c.211........1Suffocation11........
1Drowning1....1..
....V. Pericarditis................Fractures & Contus.............
....Aneurism................Wounds............
22Disease of Heart, &c.4..1..3....1Other Violence11.......