Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN ISLINGTON DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING FEBRUARY 25th, 1865.
(Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals excluded.)
| West S.D. | East S.D. | Causes of Death. | At all Ages. | Under 20 years 01 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 166 | 152 | All Causes | 318 | 161 | 35 | 43 | 69 | 10 | 50 | 37 | 3. Respirat. Orgs. | 87 | 43 | .. | 13 | 28 | |
| (Classes.) | 36 | Bronchitis | 61 | 27 | .. | 11 | 20 | 3 | |||||||||
| .. | Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| 39 | 30 | I. ZYMOTIC DIS. | 69 | 52 | 7 | 7 | 3 | .. | 8 | Pneumonia | 1/ | 11 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | |
| 25 | 27 | II. CONSTITUTL. | 52 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 7 | .. | 4 | Asthma | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | |
| .. | Lung Diseases. &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| 81 | 80 | III. LOCAL | 161 | 66 | 10 | 26 | 54 | 5 | 7 | 4. Digestive Orgs. | 17 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | .. | |
| 16 | 13 | IV. DEVELOPMNL. | 29 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | .. | Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2 | Enteritis | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | V. VIOLENT DTHS. | 6 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | Ascites | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| 1 | .. | Not Specified | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Ulceration of Intes. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | Hernia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| (Orders.) | 1 | Ileus | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |||||||||
| .. | Intussusception | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| 35 | 28 | I. 1. Miasmatic Dis. | 63 | 47 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | Stricture of Intest. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2 | 1 | Small Pox | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | Fistula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 1 | 1 | Measles | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | Stomach Dis., &c. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| 8 | 7 | Scarlatina | 15 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Pancreas Dis.,&.C. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | .. | Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Hepatitis | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | |
| .. | .. | Qunisey | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | jaundice | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 1 | .. | Croup | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Liver Disease | 6 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | |
| 8 | 8 | Hooping Cough | 16 | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | Spleen Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 6 | 4 | Typhus & Typhoid | 10 | 3 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5. Urinary Orgs. | 7 | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | Nephritis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 1 | .. | Pyæmia | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | Diseses of Bladder | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| 3 | .. | Puerperal Fever . | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | Nephria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| .. | .. | Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Diabetes | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | 1 | Influenza | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Stone | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | .. | Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Prostrate Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| .. | 3 | Diarrhœa | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Kidney Diseases, &c. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |
| .. | .. | Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6. Genera. Organs | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
| .. | .. | Ague | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 4 | 2 | Rheumatism | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Uterine Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
| 2 | .. | 2. Enthetic | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 Orgs.of Locomo. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2 | .. | Syphilis | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Spine Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | .. | Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Bone Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | .. | Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8. Skin, &c. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| .. | .. | Glanders | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | Phlegmon | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2 | 2 | 3. Dietic | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Ulcer | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| .. | .. | Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Skin Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 1 | 2 | Want of Br. Milk | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| .. | .. | Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | IV. 1.Dis. of childn. | 8 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 1 | .. | Alcoholism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Premature Birth | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | .. | 4. Parasitic | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Cyanosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | .. | Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Spina Bifida | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | .. | Worms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Other Mallormation | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 3 | 6 | II. 1. Diathetic | 9 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | Teething | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | .. | Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2. Dis. of Adults. | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| .. | .. | Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Paramenia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| .. | .. | Hæmorrage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Childbirth | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | ||
| 3 | 4 | Cancer | 6 | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 3. Dis. of Aged | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Noma | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | Old Age | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | ||
| .. | 1 | MOrtification | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4. Dis. of Nutritn. | 8 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 22 | 21 | 2. Tubercular | 43 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | .. | Atrophy & Debility | 8 | | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 1 | .. | Scrofula | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | V. 1. Acci. or Neg. | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 1 | 2 | Tabes Messenterica | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| 14 | 14 | Phthisis | 28 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 2 | .. | |||||||||
| Fract. and Contus. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | Hydrocephalis | 11 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| Wounds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
| Burns and Scalds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
| 7 | 20 | III. 1. Nervous Syst. | 27 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .. | Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
| l | 2 | Cephalitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | Suffocation | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| •• | 6 | Apology | 6 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 3 | Paralysis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 2. Homicide | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| • | • • | Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3. Suicide | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| " | •• | Chorea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Wounds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Epilepsy | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Convulsions | 12 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Brain diseases,&c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Suffocat. and hang | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| 7 | 2. Organs of Circ. | 21 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | Otherwise | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 1 | Pericarditis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4. Unclassed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 14 | Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| heart Dieases | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 |