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Islington 1879

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

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Table No. IV.

Showing the deaths during the past ten years from the several diseases specified, and the number of deaths before andafter 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 Diarrhœa.Deaths from Diseases of the Digestive Organs.Deaths from Violence.
Total.TotaLTotal.Total.Total.Total.
1870209,057before 5 years after 5 „532868214668371818218241291860745
3364644472315727 18
1871214,932before 6 years after 6 „630943199665384872210235201974162
4134664882517721
1872221,902before 5 years after 5 ,,457570210665413791204222271683359
113455378204 1814126
1873229,071before 5 years after 6 „3774302337004849832682733221564
534674991518218
1874238,899before 5 years after 6 „38450125772850310221852022721681
1174716191718948 33
1875244,680before 5 years after 6 „413553305771459978197214332215376
1404666191718822
1876252,790before 6 years after 5 „405547292824490928259285352234270
1426324382618828
1877260,900before 5 years after 5 „468684200805514984139149382143660
2166054701017624
1878269,300before 5 years after 5 „560772333845505996230247302164278
2125124911718636
1879277,363before 5 years after 5 „559694305847605128291104272174883
1355426771319035

This includes Small-Pox, Measles, Scarlatina, Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria and Whooping Cough.