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Islington 1887

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

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TABLE No. V.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN ISLINGTON DURING (Deaths of Noil-Residents

Upper Holloway.Islington, South-West.Islington, South-East.Highbury.Causes of Death.At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 year.2 years.3 years.4 years.Under 5 years.5 years.10 years.15 years.20 years.40 years.60 years.At 80 years of age and upwards.
165818841044814All Causes5,4001,549514351271052,53015259735267831,040237
(Classes.)
286474242154I. ZYMOTIC DIS1,15646124112867589556314124837252
329295183165II. Constitutional9721436425171126030203223924113614
773871477379III. LOCAL2,500493193774034837542027203488764107
232192120106IV. Developmental650399141....414......136104113
38522210V. Violent Dsaths122532432645522311111
........Not Specified..••........................
(Orders.)
266463236145I. l. Miasmatic Dis.1,11043124012867589246313124627232
*1*1....Small Pox*2*1..*1....2..........
651..398938Measles3317611061392530426..1........
428135Scarlatina50641186359114......
8766Diphtheria27..77242061..........
..131Quinsey51?1....4......1......
1112121Croup36310785333............
541193926Hooping Cough238907536141322881....1....
121287Typhus & Typhoid39..1..1246551153..
7614Erysipelas186........6......453..
1224Pyæmia92........2........4....
7314Puerperal Fever.15...............2121....
..1....Carbuncle1....................1....
........Influenza............................
22....Dysentery42........2......2......
771165741Diarrhœa29124028412275..1....3102
41..4Cholera943......7......1..1..
Ague............................
131354Rheumatism35......112543876
9612.Enthetic16131......14......11....
861..Syphilis15131......14......11....
1......Stricture of Urethra1....................1....
........Hydrophobia..........................
........Glanders............................
65453.Dietic207......7..1....92..
........Privation............................
....24Want of Br. Milk66........6............
12....Purpura & Scurvy.31........1..1......1..
5321Alcoholism11.................191..
5..144.Parasitic1010........10..............
5..14Thrush1010........10.............
........Worms............................
98643649II.1.Diathetic2477....1..8122189410913
4534Gout16....................511..
5311Dropsy10............1......342
241..Hæmorrhage73........3........1....
72442742Cancer185..................1282856
........Noma............................
15842Mortification294....1..5..223395
2312311471162.Tubercular72513664251611252291830221147271
2926207Scrofula823816921663733......
39272216Tabes Mesenterica104701734296511..1....
1481407879Phthisis4452832..159824216145271
15382714Hydrocephalus942623108875122221....
208190105107III. l. Nervous System610157552112102551555229618626
23502617Cephalitis11639231389928223772..
47453331Apoplexy156941....143..23388511
4321714Paralysis851..11..3..1..22509
83..4Insanity15..................2382
..1....Chorea1............1............
7723Epilepsy19l11....321..........
41452227Convulsions135101258211321....2......
39181511Brain Diseases, &c.836221..11..11622384
11610263382. Organs of Circ.3195....1..66610429314313
..121Pericarditis4......1..1......12....
4411Aneurism10..................334..
112976036Heart Disease3055........56610388818913

* Varicella.