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Islington 1880

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

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Table: Table No. IV.Showing the deaths since 1870 from the several diseases specified, and the number of deaths before and after five years of age.

Table No. IV.

Showing the deaths since 1870 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 DiarrhoeaDeaths from Diseases of the Digestive Organs.Deaths from Violence.
1870209,057before 5 years532868214668371818218241291862745
after 5 „3364544472315718
1871214,532before 5 years530943199665384872210235201974162
after 5 „4134664882517721
1872221,902before 5 years457570210665413791204222271683359
after 5 „1134553781814126
1873229,071before 5 years377430233700484983258273322144664
after 5 „634674991518218
1874236,899before 5 years3845012577285031022185202272164881
after 5 „1174715191718933
1875244,680before 5 years413553305771459978197214332216375
after 5 „1404665191718822
1876252,790before 5 years405547292824490928259285362234270
after 5 „1426324382618828
1877260,900before 5 years468684200805514984139149382143660
after 5 „2166054701017624
1876269,350before 5 years560772333845505996230247802164278
after 5 „2125124911718636
1879277,363before 5 years559694305847605128291104272174883
after 5 „1355426771319035
1860286,358before 5 years4926482837935321151276295322674883
after 5 „1566106191823535

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