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Islington 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington]
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1934] 30
The following return gives the deaths at each age period :—
| Age Periods. | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 5-15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 15-25 | 22 | 30 | 52 | |
| 25-35 | 33 | 19 | 52 | |
| 35-45 | 28 | 14 | 42 | |
| 45-55 | 39 | 13 | 52 | |
| 55-65 | 23 | 4 | 27 | |
| 65 upwards | 18 | 3 | 21 | |
| Total | 169 | 84 | 253 | |
| Quarters. | Tufnell. | Upper Hollo way. | Tollington. | Lower Hollo way. | Highbury. | Barns-bury. | Islington, South East. | The Borough | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 8 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 79 | |||||||||
| Second | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 67 | |||||||||
| Third | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 44 | |||||||||
| Fourth | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 63 | |||||||||
| The Year | 22 | 19 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 46 | 82 | 253 | |||||||||
| Form. | Ages. | Sex. | Districts | Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
| 0-1 | 1-5 | over 5 | M. | F. | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | L.H. | H. | B. | S.E. | ||||||
| Respiratory | 2 | - | 251 | 169 | 84 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 46 | 82 | 253 | ||||
| Meningeal | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Abdominal | - | — | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | ||||
| General | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | ||||
| Other forms | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| All Tuberculosis | 4 | 6 | 270 | 185 | 95 | 26 | 21 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 54 | 86 | 280 | ||||
DEATHS FROM THE DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.
(Exclusive of Tuberculosis and Influenza.)
These diseases, which include Chronic and Acute Bronchitis, Pneumonia.
Pleurisy and Asthma, caused 547 deaths, 18 below that of 1933. They were equal
to a death-rate of 1.74 per 1,000 of the civil population, and represented 14.7
per cent. of the total deaths registered in the Borough.
Acute Bronchitis.— There were 59 deaths as compared with 87 in the
previous year, 24 occurred among males, and 35 among females. The deaths of
8 infants under 12 months were registered.
Chronic Bronchitis.—121 deaths were ascribed to it, 75 being males and
40 females. This return is 38 above that of 1933.
Pneumonia (All forms).—337 deaths were registered, of which 192 were
males and 145 females, and were 31 above the year 1933. 62 infants under a year
old died from this disease, while between the ages of 1 and 5 years 25 died from
it. Above 5 years of age the deaths numbered 250.
167 deaths occurred in Public Institutions, chiefly the Islington Hospitals.