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.
| 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 so 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Laryngitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| (Classes.) | 23 | 27 | Bronchitis | 50 | 27 | 19 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 | l | Pleurisy | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| 5 | .. | 8 | 16 | Pneumonia | 24 | 18 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Asthma | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | |||||||||
| 1 | Lung Diseases, &c. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| 23 | 1 | 7 | 10 | .. | |||||||||||||
| 21 | .. | Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
| .. | Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | .. | 4 | .. | Peritonitis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | |||||||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | Ascites | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |||
| .. | Ulceration of Intes. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| 1 | Hernia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||||||||||
| (Orders.) | 1 | Ileus | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |||||||||||
| Intussusception | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
| 56 | 4 | 5 | 3 | .. | Stricture of latest. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | Small Pox | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Fistula | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| 8 | Measles | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ! Stomach Dis., &c. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 2 | 3 | Scarlatina | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Pancreas Dis., &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| .. | 4 | Diphtheria | 4 | 4 | .. | 1 | 3 | Hepatitis | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | ||||
| .. | Quinsey | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | Jaundice | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | ||
| 1 | Croup | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | Liver Disease | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
| 3 | 5 | Hooping Cough | 8 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Spleen Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 2 | Typhus & Typhoid | 8 | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Nephritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| .. | Pyœmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Disease of Bladder | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | .. | Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Nephria | .. | .. | ||||
| Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Diabetes | .. | .. | ||||||
| 1 | Influenza | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Stone | .. | .. | ||||||
| .. | Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Prostrate Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 2 | 3 | Diarrhœa | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | Kidney Disease,&c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 2 | Cholera | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | ||
| Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 2 | 2 | Rheumatism | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | Uterine Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | ||
| 2 | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Syphilis | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Spine Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Bone Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| .. | Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| .. | Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Phlegmon&Abscess | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Ulcer | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| .. | Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Skin Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2 | 1 | Want of Br. Milk | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| .. | Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | IV. 1. Dis. of Childn. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| .. | Alcoholism | .. | .. | •• | •• | •• | •• | 7 | 6 | Premature Birth | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | Cyanosis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| .. | 1 | Thrush | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Spina Bifida | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| .. | .. | Worms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Other Malformation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1 | .. | Teething | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| .. | 1 | .. | |||||||||||||||
| .. | Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Paramenia | .. | .. | ||||||
| 1 | .. | Dropsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | Childbirth | 3 | 2 | . | .. | ||
| Hæmorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Cancer | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | 8 | Old Age | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7, | ||
| .. | Noma | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| Mortification | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 4 | Atrophy & Debility | 10 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| .. | |||||||||||||||||
| .. | .. | Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | V. 1. Acci. or Neg. | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | |||
| .. | Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | Fract. and Contus. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 15 | 17 | Phthisis | 32 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | Wounds | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 8 | 6 | Hydrocephalus | 14 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | Burns and Scalds | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 2 | .. | Poison | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||||
| 21 | 6 | .. | .. | Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| 3 | .. | Cephalitis | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Suffocation | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 6 | Apoplexy | 8 | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 3 | 8 | Paralysis | 11 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| 1 | .. | Insanity | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Chorea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Wounds | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| 7 | Convulsions | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 3 | 8 | Brain Diseases, &c. | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | Suffocat. and Hang. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| .. | 1 | .. | .. | Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Pericarditis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
| 12 | 8 | Heart Disease | 20 | .. | 1 | 4 | 13 | 2 |