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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 FOUR WEEKS ENDING APRIL 25, 1863.
(Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals excluded.)
| West S.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 upwards | West S.D. | East S.D. | Causes of Death. | At. all Ages. | Under 20 years ofage. | At 20 and under 40years of age. | At 40 and under 60years of ape. | At 60 and under 80 years of age. | At 80 years of age and upwards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162 | 138 | All Causes | 300 | 182 | 27 | 42 | 40 | 9 | 30 | 22 | 3. Respiraty.Orgs. | 52 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| - | 2 | Laryngitis | 2 | 2 | ... | ||||||||||||
| 17 | 10 | Bronchitis | 27 | ??? | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||
| (Classes.) | 1 | Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | 7 | Pneumonia | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 42 | 92 | I. ZYMOTIC DIS | 94 | 79 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Asthma | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 27 | 24 | II. CONSTITUIL | 51 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 1 | Lung Diseases, &c. | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 70 | 47 | III. LOCAL | 117 | 52 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4. Digestive Orgs. | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 18 | 15 | IV. DEVELOPMNL | 33 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 5 | l | Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | l | l | Peritonitis | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Not Specified | Ulceration of Intst. | ||||||||||||||||
| ... | Hernia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ileus | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Intussusception | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Orders.) | Stricture of Intesti. | ||||||||||||||||
| 40 | 52 | ???. 1. Miasmatic Dis. | 92 | 78 | 7 | 5 | 2 | Fistula | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Small Pox | 10 | 6 | 1 | Stomach Disea. &c | |||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Measles | 5 | 5 | Pancreas Disea. &c. | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 20 | Scarlatina | 34 | 33 | 1 | ••• | ... | Hepatitis | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Diphtheria | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | Jaundice | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | Quinsey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Liver Disease | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Croup | 3 | 3 | • • | Spleen Disease | |||||||||||
| 8 | 10 | Hooping Cough | 18 | 18 | 2 | 5. Urinary organs | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Typhus & Typhoid | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | l | Nephritis | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | Disease of Bladder | ... | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nephria | l | • • | 1 | ||||||||
| Carbuncle | ... | Diabetes | |||||||||||||||
| Influenza | ... | Stone | |||||||||||||||
| Dysentery | ... | ... | 1 | Prostate Disease | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Diarrhœa | 4 | 4 | • • | Kidney Disease, &c. | |||||||||||
| Cholera | 2 | 6. Genera. Orgs. | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ague | ... | Ovarian Dropsy | |||||||||||||||
| Rheumatism | 2 | Uterine Dieases.. | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 2. Enthetic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7. Orgs. of Locomo | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Syphilis | 2 | 1 | 1 | Spine Diseases | •• | |||||||||||
| Stricture of Urethra | 2 | Bone Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Hydrophobia | ... | 1 | 8. Skin, &c. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Glanders | 1 | Phlegmon | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3. Dietic | Ulcer | ||||||||||||||||
| Privation | ... | Skin Diseases | |||||||||||||||
| Want ot Br. Milk | |||||||||||||||||
| Purpura and Scurvy | 6 | 3 | IV.1. Dis.of Childrn. | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Alcoholism | 6 | 2 | Premature Birth | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 4. Parasitic | ... | Cyanosis | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Thrush | Spina Bifrda | ||||||||||||||||
| Worms | ... | ... | Other Malformats. | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Teething | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | II. 1 Diathetic— | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2. Dis. of Adults | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Gout | Child birth | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| l | 2 | Dropsy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3. Disease of Aged | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| l | 1 | Cancer | 2 | l | 5 | 5 | Old Age | 10 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| 1 | Noma | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4. Dis. of Nutritn. | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Mortification | 7 | 6 | Atrophy and Debil. | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | 20 | 2. Tubercular | 45 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||
| l | 1 | Scrofula | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | V. 1. Acci. or Neg. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| l | 3 | Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 4 | 1 | Fract. &Coutusns. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 17 | 11 | Phthisis | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | Wounds | ||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | Hydrocephalus | 11 | 11 | 1 | Burns and Scalds | l | 1 | |||||||||
| Poison | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 13 | III. Nervous Syst. | 33 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | Drowning | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Cephalitis | 2 | 2 | 1 | Suffocation | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| ... | 3 | Apoplexy | 3 | l | 2 | Otherwise | |||||||||||
| 7 | 2 | Paralysis | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2. Homicide | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | Insanity | 1 | l | 1 | 3. buicide | 1 | 1 | ... | |||||||||
| Chorea | Wounds | ... | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Epilepsy | 2 | 1 | 1 | Poison | |||||||||||
| 9 | 6 | Convulsions | 15 | 15 | Drowning | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Brain Diseases, &c. | 1 | 1 | 1 | Hanging | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 11 | 4 | 2. Organs of Circ. | 15 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ... | Otherwise | |||||||||
| Pericarditis is | ... | 4. Unclassed | |||||||||||||||
| Aneurism | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 4 | Heart Disease | 15 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 |