Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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Table No. IV.
Showing the deaths since 1876 from the several diseases specified, before and after five years of age, and the total number
of deaths, with death rate per 1,000.
- | Population in the middle of the year. | - | 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 Deaths. | Death Rate per 1,000. | ||||||
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Total. | Total. | Total. | Total. | Total. | Total. | |||||||||||
1876 | 247,652 | before 5 years | 405 | 547 | 292 | 824 | 490 | 928 | 259 | 285 | 35 | 223 | 49 | 88 | 4,789 | 19.3 |
after 5 „ | 142 | 532 | 438 | 26 | 188 | 39 | ||||||||||
1877 | 254,685 | before 5 years | 468 | 684 | 200 | 805 | 514 | 984 | 139 | 149 | 38 | 214 | 42 | 82 | 4,838 | 19.0 |
after 5 „ | 216 | 605 | 470 | 10 | 176 | 40 | ||||||||||
1878 | 261,918 | before 5 years | 560 | 772 | 333 | 846 | 505 | 996 | 230 | 247 | 80 | 216 | 49 | 106 | 5,158 | 19.7 |
after 5 „ | 212 | 512 | 491 | 17 | 186 | 57 | ||||||||||
1879 | 269 356 | before 5 years | 559 | 694 | 305 | 847 | 605 | 1,282 | 91 | 104 | 27 | 217 | 54 | 112 | 5,321 | 19.8 |
after 5 „ | 135 | 542 | 677 | 13 | 190 | 58 | ||||||||||
1880 | 277,005 | before 5 years | 492 | 648 | 283 | 793 | 532 | 1,151 | 276 | 295 | 32 | 267 | 52 | 108 | 5,286 | 19.1 |
after 5 „ | 156 | 510 | 619 | 19 | 235 | 56 | ||||||||||
1881 | 284,873 | before 5 years | 457 | 636 | 276 | 825 | 491 | 1,025 | 201 | 216 | 67 | 247 | 61 | 111 | 5,116 | 18.0 |
after 5 „ | 179 | 549 | 534 | 15 | 180 | 50 | ||||||||||
1882 | 292,963 | before 5 years | 580 | 739 | 236 | 753 | 530 | 1,146 | 137 | 149 | 53 | 248 | 65 | 126 | 5,264 | 18.0 |
after 5 „ | 159 | 517 | 616 | 12 | 195 | 61 | ||||||||||
1883 | 301,283 | before 5 years | 385 | 536 | 269 | 836 | 522 | 1,088 | 149 | 162 | 45 | 227 | 53 | 104 | 5,140 | 17.1 |
after 5 „ | 151 | 567 | 566 | 13 | 182 | 51 | ||||||||||
1884 | 309,839 | before 5 years | 502 | 683 | 313 | 835 | 465 | 978 | 247 | 266 | 43 | 274 | 71 | 129 | 5,229 | 16.9 |
after 5 „ | 181 | 522 | 613 | 19 | 231 | 58 | ||||||||||
1885 | 318,638 | before 5 years | 592 | 749 | 217 | 706 | 530 | 1,197 | 172 | 191 | 36 | 268 | 55 | 102 | 5,323 | 16.7 |
after 6 „ | 157 | 89 | 667 | 19 | 232 | 47 | ||||||||||
1886 | 327,687 | before 5 years | 313 | 396 | 292 | 772 | 495 | 1,201 | 291 | 307 | 49 | 231 | 57 | 127 | 5,159 | 15.7 |
after 5 „ | 83 | 480 | 706 | 16 | 182 | 70 |
*This includes Small-Pox, Measles, Scarlatina, Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria, and Whooping Cough.