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Islington 1863
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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TABLE I.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN ISLINGTON DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING MARCH 28, 1863
(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 age. | At 60 and under 80 years of age. | At 80 years of age and upwards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204 | 218 | All Causes | 422 | 260 | 55 | 43 | 57 | 7 | 56 | 40 | 3. Respiraty.Orgs. | 96 | 50 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 1 |
| _ | 3 | 1 | Laryngitis | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 36 | 25 | Bronchitis | 61 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 1 | |||||||||
| (Classes.) | 1 | Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 15 | Pneumonia | 27 | 23 | I | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 72 | 78 | I. ZYMOTIC DIS. | 150 | 126 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Asthma | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 32 | 45 | II. CONSTITUTE | 77 | 30 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 1 | Lung Diseases, &c. | ||||||||
| 82 | 76 | III. LOCAL | 158 | 80 | 14 | 23 | 39 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4. Digestive Orgs. | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 16 | 15 | IV. DEVELOPMN L. | 31 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Enteritis | 2 | l | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 4 | V. VIOLENT DTHS. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Peritonitis | 2 | |||||||
| Not Specified | Ulceration of Intst. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Hernia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ileus | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Intussusception | |||||||||||||||||
| (Orders.) | l | Stricture of Intesti. | 1 | i | |||||||||||||
| 69 | 74 | I. 1. Miasmatic Dis. | 143 | 120 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | Fistula | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | 9 | Small Pox | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Stomach Disea. &c. | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Measles | 5 | Pancreas Disea. &c. | |||||||||||||
| 25 | 16 | Scarlatina | 41 | 40 | 1 | 2 | Hepatitis | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Diphtheria | 6 | 13 | Jaundice | 1 | |||||||||||
| Quinsey | 1 | 1 | Liver Disease | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Croup | 4 | Spleen Disease | ••• | ••• | |||||||||||
| 14 | 27 | Hooping Cough | 41 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 5. Urinary Organs | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 10 | 7 | Typhus & Typhoid | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | Nephritis | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Disease of Bladder | • • • | ||||||||
| 1 | Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | Nephria | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Carbuncle | Diabetes | ||||||||||||||||
| Influenza | Stone | ||||||||||||||||
| Dysentery | Prostate Disease | ••• | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Diarrhœa | 3 | 1 | Kidney Disease, &c. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Cholera | 6. General. Orgs. | ||||||||||||||||
| Ague | Ovarian Dropsy | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Rheumatism | 7 | 2 | Uterine Diseases. | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 2. Enthetic | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7. Orgs of Locomo | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Syphilis | 2 | 2 | l | Spine Diseases | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Stricture of Urethra | Bone Diseases | ||||||||||||||||
| Hydrophobia | 1 | 8. Skin, &c. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Glanders | 1 | Phlegmon | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 3. Dietic | 5 | 4 | 1 | Ulcer | |||||||||||
| Privation | Skin Diseases | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Want of Br. Milk | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Purpura and Scurvy Alcoholism | 1 | l | 5 | 4 | IV.1. Dis.of Childrn. | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 4. Parasitic | 1 | Cyanosis | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Thrush | 1 | Spina Bifida | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Worms | Other Malformats. | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Teething | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | 6 | II. 1 Diathetic | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2. Lis. of Adults Paramenia | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | Gout | l | 1 | 1 | Childbirth | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Dropsy | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3. Disease of Aged | 10 | 4 | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | Cancer | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Old Age | 10 | 4 | |||||
| Noma | 6 | 5 | 4. Dis. of Nutritn | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| l | Mortification | 1 | 1 | 6 | Atrophy and Debil. | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 39 | 2. Tubercular | 64 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Scrofula | 2 | 1 | V. 1. Acci. or Neg. | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Fract. & Contusns. | l | l | ||||||||
| 19 | 23 | Phthisis | 42 | 7 | 22 | 9 | 4 | Wounds | |||||||||
| 4 | 14 | Hydrocephalus | 18 | 18 | Burns and Scalds | 3 | |||||||||||
| Poison | ... | ••• | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | 20 | III. 1. Nervous Syst. | 37 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | Drowning | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Cephalitis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Suffocation | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Apoplexy | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Otherwise | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Paralysis | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2. Homicide | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Insanity | 2 | 3. Suicide | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chorea | Wounds | — | |||||||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 2 | Poison | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | 14 | Convulsions | 21 | 21 | Suffocation | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Brain Diseases, &c. | 1 | 1 | Suffocation | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 2. Organs of Circ. | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Otherwise | ||||||||||
| Pericarditis | 4. Unclassed | ||||||||||||||||
| ... | Aneurism | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Heart Disease | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 |