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Islington 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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1907]
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Table B.— Continued

CAUSES OF DEATH.1st Quarter.Total.2nd Quarter.Total.3rd QuarterTotal.4th Quarter.Total.Total for Year
Under1 to 5Over 5Under1 to 5Over 5Under1 to 5Over 5Under1 to 5Over 5
Eczema....111....1........1....13
Pemphigus................1....1........1
Other Diseases, Integumentary System1..12................1..235
Accidents and Negligence.
n Mines and Quarries..................................
In Vehicular Traffic....33....55..112....6616
On Railways....11....11............113
On Ships, Boats, &c. (not drowning)..................................
In Building Operations....11....22............114
By Machinery..................................
By Weapons and Implements..................................
Burns and Scalds2439..213..2..2159822
Poisons, Poisonous Vapours..................................
Surgical Narcosis..112....22................4
Effects of Electric Shock..................................
Corrosions by Chemicals..................................
Drowning....11............11....224
Suffocation, Overlaid in Bed5165....56....67....724
,, Otherwise3..14....221....11....18
Falls not specified11911..1910....9911577
Weather Agencies..................................
Otherwise, not stated11..21..231..23....3311
Homicide1....1....22....111....15
Suicide.
By Poison....88....55....33....4420
By Asphyxia............11................1
By Hanging and Strangulation....11....22....22....338
By Drowning....22....44....11....118
By Shooting....................11........1
By Cut or Stab....................22....113
By Precipitation from Elevated Places............11............112
By Crushing..................................
By other and unspecified methods..................................
Execution..................................
Sudden Death, cause not ascertained..................................
Ill-defined and unspecified causes............11............112
Males17582545802117794276238755331473155594426562554
Females14477617838104924056017951336466135504356202525
TOTAL DEATHS31915911621640221171832122416610666793929010987712765079

Notes.—1. Population of Census, 1901 = 334,991 =
159.290 Males
175,701 Females.
2. Average number of persons in each house at Census, 1901 = 8-6.
3. Area of Parish in acres = 3,091'5.
4. Average number of Persons living on each acre at Census, 1901 = 108.