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Islington 1869
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE I.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN ISLINGTON DURING FIVE WEEKS ENDING 2nd OCTOBER, 1809. (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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 393 | 50 | 57 | 41 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 5 | |||||
| 2 | Laryngitis | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | 8 | Bronchitis | 18 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||
| (Classes.) | Pleurisy | ||||||||||||||||
| 49 | 84 | 133 | 119 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | Pneumonia | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Asthma | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 42 | 81 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 1 | Lung Diseases, &c. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 61 | 124 | 48 | 15 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Gastritis | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 38 | 30 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Enteritis | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | Peritonitis | ||||||||||||
| Ascites | |||||||||||||||||
| Ulceration of Intes. | |||||||||||||||||
| Hernia | |||||||||||||||||
| Ileus | |||||||||||||||||
| (Orders.) | 2 | Intussusception | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 44 | 80 | I. 1. Miasamatic Dis. | 112 | 6 | 3 | 3 | Stricture of Intest. | ||||||||||
| 1 | Small Pox | l | 1 | Fistula | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Measles | l | 1 | 1 | 3 | Stomach Dis., &c. | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 19 | 25 | Scarlatina | 44 | 41 | 2 | 1 | Pancreas Dis., &c. | ||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Diphtheria | 4 | 4 | Hepatitis | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Quinsey | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Jaundice | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | Croup | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Liver Disease | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 9 | 10 | Hooping Cough | 19 | 19 | Spleen Disease | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Typhus & Typhoid | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 2 | Nephritis | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pyœmia | Disease of Bladder | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | Nephria | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Carbuncle | 2 | Diabetes | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Influenza | Stone | ||||||||||||||||
| Dysentery | Prostrate Disease | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 28 | Diarrhœa | 38 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Kidney Disease,&c. | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | Cholera | 1 | 1 | 6. Genera. Organs | |||||||||||||
| Ague | Ovarian Dropsy | ||||||||||||||||
| Rheumatism | Uterine Diseases | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2. Enthetic | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | syphilis | 2 | 2 | Spine Diseases | ||||||||||||
| Stricture of Urethra | Bone Diseases | ||||||||||||||||
| Hydrophobia | 8. Skim, &c | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Glanders | Phlegmon&Abscess | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 3. Dietic | 4 | 3 | 1 | Ulcer | |||||||||||
| Privation | 1 | Skin Diseases | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Want of Br. Milk | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Purpura and Scurvy | 4 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Alcoholism | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Premature Birth | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Cyanosis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Thrush | 2 | 2 | Spina Bifida | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Worms | 1 | 1 | Other Malformation | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Teething | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Gout | Paramenia | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Dropsy | 3 | 2 | 1 | Childbirth | ||||||||||||
| Haemorrhage | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | Cancer | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | Old Age | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Noma | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mortification | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | Atrophy & Debility | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
| 25 | 26 | 11 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Scrotula | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Tabes Mesenterica | 6 | 2 | Fract. and Contus. | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 26 | 21 | Phthisis | 47 | 9 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 1 | Wounds | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 5 | Hydrocephalus | 6 | 6 | Burns and Scalds | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 22 | 19 | III. 1. Nervous Syst. | 6 | 9 | Poisoa Drowning | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Cephalitis | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Suffocation | 7 | 7 | |||||||
| 7 | 4 | Apoplexy | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Otherwise | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | 2 | Paralysis | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2. Homicide | |||||||||
| 1 | Insanity | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Chorea | 1 | 1 | Wounds | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Epilepsy | 3 | 2 | 1 | Poison | |||||||||||
| 7 | 5 | Convulsions | 12 | 12 | 1 | Drowning | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Brain Diseases, &c. | 3 | 2 | 1 | Suffocat. and Hang. | |||||||||||
| 12 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 3 | Otherwise | |||||||||||
| 1 | Pericarditis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Aneurism | l | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Heart Disease | 18 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 |