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, Metropolitan Borough of]
This page requires JavaScript
292
1907]
Table I.
Year. | Births. | Birth-rates. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | Deaths from the Principal Epidemic Diseases. | Total Epidemic Death-rates. | Influenza. | Cancer. | Phthisis. | Puerperal Fever | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Simple and undefined Fevers. | Diarrhceal Diseases. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | Deaths. | Deaths in 1,000 births. | ||||||||
1897 | 9,842 | 29.2 | 5,395 | 16.0 | 1,338 | 136 | 638 | 1 | 97 | 6l | 131 | 130 | .. | 44 | .. | 174 | 1.89 | 47 | 0.14 | 304 | 0.90 | 520 | 1.54 | 10 | 1.01 |
1898 | 9,453 | 28.1 | 5.705 | 16.9 | 1,504 | 159 | 933 | .. | 325 | 26 | 93 | 168 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 283 | 2.77 | 65 | 0.19 | 283 | 0.84 | 527 | 1.56 | 7 | 0.74 |
1899 | 9,658 | 28.7 | 6,293 | 18.7 | 1,548 | 160 | 78I | .. | 155 | 33 | 128 | 160 | .. | 47 | .. | 258 | 2.32 | 126 | 0.37 | 270 | 0.80 | 583 | 1.73 | 14 | 1.45 |
1900 | 9,254 | 27.5 | 5,721 | 17.0 | 1,344 | 145 | 660 | 1 | 159 | 24 | 106 | 142 | .. | 46 | 2 | 180 | 1.96 | 149 | 0.44 | 303 | 0.90 | 602 | 1.79 | 6 | 0.65 |
1901 | 9,264 | 27.6 | 5.361 | 15.9 | 1,290 | 139 | 628 | 8 | 151 | 30 | 134 | 85 | -. | 47 | 1 | 172 | 1.87 | 46 | 0.14 | 289 | 0.86 | 545 | 1.62 | J5 | |
1902 | 9,214 | 26.8 | 5.635 | 16.4 | 1,219 | 132 | 608 | 53 | 114 | 40 | 104 | 152 | .. | 45 | 1 | 99 | 1.80 | 83 | 0.24 | 326 | 0.95 | 515 | 1.50 | 12 | 1.3° |
1903 | 8,983 | 26.5 | 4,839 | 14.3 | 1,136 | 126 | 471 | .. | 120 | 24 | 43 | 152 | .. | 22 | 1 | 109 | 1.39 | 40 | 0.12 | 350 | 1.03 | 492 | 1.45 | 9 | 1.00 |
1904 | 8,890 | 26.0 | 5,236 | 15.3 | 1,140 | 128 | 606 | 1 | 181 | 35 | 28 | 83 | .. | 18 | .. | 260 | 1.78 | 48 | 0.14 | 323 | 0.95 | 533 | 1.56 | 14 | 1.57 |
1905 | 8,756 | 25.5 | 4.955 | 14.4 | 1,074 | 123 | 529 | 1 | 123 | 37 | 34 | 111 | .. | 17 | .. | 206 | 1.54 | 54 | 0.l6 | 328 | 0.95 | 438 | 1.28 | 6 | 0.68 |
1906 | 8,659 | 25.1 | 5.050 | 14.6 | 1,083 | 125 | 562 | .. | 187 | 37 | 32 | 74 | .. | 19 | .. | 213 | 1 63 | 67 | 0.19 | 363 | 1.05 | 411 | 1.19 | 11 | 1.27 |
Corrected average. | 9,425 | 27.15 | 5.552 | 16.02 | 1,267 | 134 | 657 | 6 | 165 | 36 | 85 | 129 | .. | 35 | 1 | 200 | 74 | 0.21 | 322 | 0.93 | 529 | 1.52 | 10 | 1.06 | |
1907 | 8,531 | 24.58 | 5,079 | 14.63 | 996 | 117 | 432 | .. | 130 | 24 | 42 | 120 | .. | 13 | .. | 103 | 1.24 | 75 | 0.22 | 348 | 1.00 | 436 | 1.26 | 8 | 0.94 |
Departure from Average. | -894 | -2.57 | -473 | -1.39 | — 271 | -17 | -225 | -6 | -35 | —12 | -43 | -9 | .. | — 22 | -1 | -97 | -0 65 | + 1 | +0.01 | + 26 | + 0.07 | -93 | —0.26 | - 2 | — 0.12 |
* These include Small-Pox, Measles, Scarlatina, Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria and Whooping Cough.
† The deaths in These years do not include [???]