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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TABLE I.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN ISLINGTON DURING (Deaths of Non-Residents
West. | East. | Causes of Death. | All Ages. | AGES. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Und. 1 | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | Under 5 yrs. | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 40- | 60- | 80 Up. | ||||
1947 | L866 | All Causes | 3813 | 1088 | 352 | 179 | 101 | 61 | 1781 | 142 | 63 | 72 | 486 | 512 | 625 | 13 |
(Classes.) | ||||||||||||||||
546 | 469 | I. ZYMOTIC DIS. | 1015 | 370 | 138 | 95 | 57 | 36 | 696 | 78 | 23 | 27 | 86 | 50 | 54 | 1 |
346 | 387 | II. CONSTITUTL. | 733 | 89 | 63 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 208 | 32 | 13 | 21 | 233 | 157 | 63 | 6 |
774 | 758 | III. LOCAL | 1532 | 328 | 130 | 50 | 25 | 10 | 548 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 133 | 282 | 434 | 60 |
225 | 210 | IV. DEVELOPMNL. | 435 | 259 | 20 | 2 | .. | 1 | 282 | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | 6 | 70 | 62 |
52 | 37 | V. VIOLENT DTHS. | 89 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .. | 46 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 3 |
4 | 5 | Not Specified | 9 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. |
494 | 438 | (Orders.) I. 1. Miasmatic Dis | 932 | 315 | 135 | 95 | 57 | 35 | 637 | 77 | 23 | 27 | 78 | 40 | 49 | 1 |
15 | Small pox | 58 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .. | |
41 | 13 | Measles | 54 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
63 | 76 | Scarlatina | 144 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 88 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. |
10 | 20 | Diphtheria | 30 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
.. | 3 | Quinsey | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
9 | 16 | Croup | 25 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
89 | 98 | Hooping Cough | 187 | 75 | 51 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 183 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
65 | 50 | Typhus & Typhoic | 115 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 1 |
14 | 10 | Erysipelas | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 7 | .. |
1 | 2 | Pyœmia | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
12 | 2 | Puerperal Fever | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | 2 | .. | .. |
.. | .. | Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
1 | 2 | Influenza | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
1 | 1 | Dysentery | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
120 | 106 | Diarrhœa | 226 | 182 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .. | 204 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 16 | .. |
3 | 9 | Cholera | 12 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. |
.. | 1 | Ague | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
17 | 14 | Rheumatism | 31 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | .. |
20 | 9 | 2. Enthetic | 29 | 20 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. |
18 | 8 | Syphilis | 26 | 20 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 23 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. |
2 | .. | Stricture of Urethra | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
.. | 1 | Hydrophobia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.. | .. | Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
28 | 17 | 3. Dietic | 43 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 4 | .. |
.. | .. | Privation | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
18 | 6 | Want of Br. Milk | 21 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.. | 3 | Purpura and Scurvy | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
8 | 7 | Alcoholism | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 6 | .. | .. |
6 | 5 | 4. Parasitic | 11 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
6 | 5 | Thrush | 11 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.. | .. | Worms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
43 | 56 | II. 1. Diathetic | 99 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 39 | 44 | 6 |
1 | .. | Gout | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
8 | 7 | Dropsy | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
.. | .. | Hæmorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
29 | 42 | Cancer | 71 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 36 | 29 | 2 |
l | 3 | Noma | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
4 | 4 | Mortification | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 1 |
303 | 331 | 2. Tubercular | 634 | 88 | 60 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 204 | 32 | 13 | 21 | 227 | 118 | 19 | .. |
14 | 7 | Scrofula | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
15 | 46 | Tabes Mesenterica | 61 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 58 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
216 | 222 | Phthisis | 438 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 227 | 118 | 19 | .. |
58 | 66 | Hydrocephalus | 114 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 97 | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
197 | 191 | III. 1. Nervous Syst | 388 | 103 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 157 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 58 | 112 | 17 |
25 | 14 | Cephalitis | 3D | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. |
38 | 36 | Apoplexy | 74 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 20 | 39 | 7 |
38 | 37 | Paralysis | 75 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | 9 |
4 | 2 | Insanity | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. |
.. | 1 | Chorea | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
19 | 8 | Epilepsy | 27 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | .. |
62 | 63 | Convulsions | 115 | 82 | 21 | 9 | 3 | .. | 115 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
21 | 30 | Brain Diseases, &c | 51 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 1 |
112 | 92 | 2. Organs of Circ. | 204 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 55 | 84 | 5 |
2 | 6 | Pericarditis | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. |
2 | 2 | Aneurism | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. |
108 | 84 | Heart Disease | 192 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 50 | 83 | 5 |