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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1876

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

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Table: T able N o. VII.Shewing the deaths during the past ten years from the several diseases specified, and the number of deaths before andafter five years of age.

T able N o. VII.

Shewing the deaths during the past ten years from the several diseases specified, and the number of deaths before and

after five years of age.

Estimated Population.Deaths from the principal diseases of a Zymotic nature. *Deaths from Tubercular Diseases.Deaths from Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.Deaths from Diarrhoea.D«aths from Diseases of the Digestive Organs.Deaths from V iolence.
Total.Total.Total.Total.Total.Total.
1868195,802before 5 years472632204641365737256274331993558
after 5 „1604373721816623
1869202,152before 5 years624828190606393796201223271654270
after 5 „2044164032213828
1870209,057before 5 years532868214668871818218241291862745
after 5 „3364544472315718
1871214,932before 5 years530943199665384872210235201974162
after 5 „4134664882517721
1872221,902before 5 years457570210665413791204222271683359
after 5 „1134553781814126
1873229,071before 5 years377430233700484983258273322154664
after 5 „534674991518218
1874236,899before 5 years3845012577285031022185202272164881
after 5 „1174715191718933
1875244,680before 5 years413553305771459978197214332215375
after 5 „1404665191718822
1876252,790before 5 years405547292824490928259285352234270
after 5 „1425324382618828
1877260,900before 5 years468684200805514984139149382143660
after 5 „216605 i4701017624
* This includes Small-Pox, Measles, Scarlatina, Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria, and Whooping Cough.