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Islington 1871

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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Table: TABLE I.DEATHS REGISTERED IN ISLINGTON DURING FOUR WEEKS ENDING 28th JANUARY, 1871. (Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals excluded).

TABLE I.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN ISLINGTON DURING FOUR WEEKS ENDING 28th JANUARY, 1871. (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.
183255All Causes (Classes.)4381886467972259593. Respirat. Orgs.118331128433
22Laryngitis44...•••
4536Bronchitis81187' 22322
...1Pleurisy1...1
4660I. ZYMOTIC DIS10681174311017Pneumonia2711367
3433II. CONSTITUTL673018126123Asthma5......41
91124III. LOCAL2155424497711......Lung Diseases,&c..........
5104. Digestive Orgs.1532b31
1030IV. DEVELOPMNL401731109......Gastritis.........
...1Enteritis1......i...
28V. VIOLENT DTHS106211...11Peritonitis2......2...
......Not Specified..................l1Ascites2......1l
......Ulceration of Intes..........
......Hernia.........
12Ileus31......
4458I. 1. Miasmatic Dis.1027717431......Intussusception...............
......Stricture of Intes.........
1117Small Pox281/83............Fistula.........
41Measles55............l4Stomach Dis., &c.51211
1421Scarlatina35314...............Pancreas Dis., &c.........
12Diphtheria3.....................Hepatitis.........
......Quinsey........................Jaundice.........
...2Croup22............11Liver Disease21...1
52Hooping Cough77..................Spleen Disease.........
53Typhus & Typhoid843...1...345. Urinary Orgs.71391
15Erysipelas63......21......Nephritis.........
...1Pyœmia1......1............Disease of Bladder.........
...2Puerperal Fever .2...............l2Nephria3...l?,
......Carbuncle........................Diabetes.........
......Influenza........................Stone.........
......Dysentery........................Prostrate Disease ..........
2...Diarrhoea3...............22Kidney Disease,&c.4121
......Cholera........................6. Genera. Organs.........
......Ague•••.....................Ovarian Dropsy.........
11Rheumatism22..................Uterine Diseases..........
212. Enthetic33............1...7. Orgs, of Locomo.11...
21Syphilis33............1...Spine Diseases1l...
......Stricture of Urethra........................Bone Diseases.........
......Hydrophobia..................1...8. Skin, &c11...
...•••Glanders........................Phlegmon & Abscess.........
...13. Dietic11..................Ulcer.........
......Privation..................1...Skin Diseases11...
...1Want of Br. Milk..11..................
......Purpura and Scurvy..................33IV. 1. Dis. of Childn.66...
......Alcoholism..................13Premature Birth44...
......4.Parasitic..................
......Thrush........................Cyanosis.........
Spina Bifida...............
......Worms........................Other Malformation
2...22...
5711. 1. Diathetic121...641......Teething.........
...32. Dis. or Adults .3...3
...1Gout1.........1.........Paramenia.........
1... |Dropsy1............1...3Childbirth3...3
1...Hæmorrhage1......1......4163. Dis. of Aged20......1109
2...Cancer6......51...416Old Age20......1
...4Noma..................384. Dis. of Nutritn.1111...
12Mortification31......2...38Atrophy & Debilityl111.........
29262. Tubercular55291862...
l2Scrotula321............—
11Tabes Mesenterica22............16V. 1. Acci. or Neg.75...11Ml
1821Phthisis39141762.........Fract. and Contus..........
1Wounds1......
92Hydrocephalus1111...............lBurns and Scalds11...
1334III. 1. Nervous Syst.471446176......Poison...............
......Drowning.........
2iCephalitis3111...13Suffocation43...1
46Apoplexy10...1261...1Otherwise11...
313Paralysis16......385...12.Homicide11...
...2Insanity2...2.........113.Suieide2......
...1Chorea11..................Wounds...............
......Epilepsy........................Poison.........
310Convulsions1312......1.........Drowning............
11Brain Diseases, &e.2...4...2...1...Suffocat.and hang2...2
9172. Organs of Circ.261...7131......Otherwise.........
... •••... ...Pericarditis Aneurism2 ...1 ..... ....1... ...... .........4. Unclassed...............
915Heart Disease24...46131