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Islington 1862

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

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Table: TABLE I.DEATHS REGISTERED IN ISLINGTON DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING JULY 26, 1862.(Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals excluded.)

TABLE I.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN ISLINGTON DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING JULY 26, 1862.

(Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals excluded.)

est d.East 8.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 upwardsWest 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.1 At 80 years of age and upwards.
16115All Causes23112328373671573. Respiraty. Orgs.228257...
......Laryngitis..................
74Bronchitis113...35...
(Classes.)1...Pleurisy1.........1...
3929I. ZYMOTIC DIS6861331...53Pneumonia852...1...
1...Asthma1......1.....
1825II. CONSTITUTE431513123...
1...Lung Diseases, &c.1......1......
294. Digestive Orgs.1151131
3946III. LOCAL85261117274
...1Gastritis11............
1812IV. DEVELOPMNL.30191253
"i2Enteritis33............
1IPeritonitis211.........
22V. VIOLENT DTHS.42...2......
...1Ascites1.........1...
...1Not Specified1......1......
......Ulceration of Intst...................
......Hernia..................
(Orders.)
...IIleus1......1......
...Intussusception..................
...Stricture of Intesti...................
...Fistula..................
3628I.1 Miasmatic Dis.6457331...
..."iStomach Disea. &c.1............1
......Small Pox..................
...Pancreas Disea. &c...................
116Measles1717............
Hepatitis..................
56Scarlatina1111............
...Jaundice..................
3...Diphtheria33............
2Liver Disease2.........2...
2...Quinsey21...l......
...Spleen Disease..................
84Croup77............
...25. Urinary Organs2......11...
42Hooping Coagh66............
......Nephritis..................
23Typhus & Typhoid54...1......
......Disease of Bladder..................
...1Erysipelas1.........1...
......Nephria..................
3...Puerperal Fever3...3.........
...1Diabetes1......1......
......Carbuncle..................
......Stone.................
......Influenza.................
......Prostate Disease.................
......Dysentery.................
...1Kidney Disease, &c.1.......1...
34Diarrhœa76...1......
...16. Genera. Orgs1.........1...
...2Cholera22............
...1Ovarian Dropsy1.........1...
......Ague..................
......Uterine Diseases..................
......Rheumatism..................
1...7. Orgs. of Locomo.1...1.........
...12. Enthetic11...........
1...Spine Diseases1...1.........
...1Syphilis11............
......Bone Diseases..................
......Stricture of Urethra..................
...18. Skin, &c.1.........1...
......Hydrophobia..................
...1Phlegmon1.........1...
......Glanders..................
......Ulcer..................
3...3. Dietic33............
......Skin Diseases..................
......Privation..................
......Want of Br. Milk33............43IV. 1. Dis of Childrn.77............
......Purpura andScurvy.................
41Premature Birth.55............
......Alcoholism..................
......Cyanosis..................
......4. Parasitic..................
...1Spina Bifida11............
......Thrush..................
......Other Malformats...................
......Worms..................
...1Teething11............
24II. 1 Diathetic61113...
...22. Dis. of Adults3......2......
......Paramenia..................
......Gout..................
1...Childbirth.........2......
......Dropsy11............
8...3. Disease of Aged8.........53
12Cancer3...111...
8Old Age8.........53
......Noma..................
574. Dis of Nutritn.1212............
11Mortification2...............
57Atrophy and Debil.1212............
16212. Tubercular37141211......
......Scrofula..................11V. 1. Acci. or Neg22............
...1Tabes Mesenterica...1............
Fract. & Contusns...................
1214Phthisis2631211......
......Wounds..................
46Hydrocephalus1010............
1...Burns and Scalds11............
1414III. 1. Nervous Syst28124372......Poison..................
...Drowning..................
3...Cephalitis33..................Suffocation..................
42Apoplexy6...123.....1Otherwise...1............
...5Paralysis5.........41......2. Homicide..................
......Insanity.................113. Suicide2......2......
......Chorea..................
1Wounds1......1......
...1Epilepsy.....................1Poison1......1......
43Convulsions77..................Drowning..................
33Brain Diseases, &c.6221..1
......Suffocation..................
7122. Organs of Cire.1913771
.....Otherwise..................
......Pericarditis.......................4. Unclassed..................
......Aneurism..................
712Heart Disease1913771