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Islington 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1907
Table XXV.
Showing the Deaths (arranged in Classes) from All Causes,
in the Four Quarters.
Classified Causes of Death.
Quarters.
Year.
1st.
2nd.
3rd.
4th.
I. Specific or Febrile Causes
144
161
142
143
590
1. Miasmatic Diseases
113
135
94
74
416
2. Diarrhœal „
11
13
30
49
103
8. Malarial
..
..
1
..
1
4. Zoogenous RS
1
..
..
1
2
5. Venereal RS
3
3
5
5
16
6. Septic
16
10
12
14
52
II. Parasitic Diseases
••
••
••
••
..
III. Dietic
11
7
11
11
40
IV. Constitutional Diseases
290
274
214
263
1041
V. Developmental
145
90
74
111
420
VI. Local
956
606
443
657
2,662
1. Diseases of Nervous System
103
81
60
78
322
2. RS Organs of Special Sense
1
2
6
1
10
3. RS Circulatory System
198
175
145
179
697
4. RS Respira???ory RS
522
228
120
266
1136
5. RS Digestive RS
86
66
63
83
298
6. RS Lymphatic RS
3
3
3
3
12
7. RS Urinary RS
30
38
28
35
131
8. RS Reproductive RS
6
11
9
7
33
9. RS Bones and Joints
4
..
6
1
11
10. RS Integumentary System
3
2
3
4
12
VII. Violence
52
48
34
47
181
1. Accident or Negligence
40
33
24
36
133
2 Homicide
1
2
1
1
5
3. Suicide
11
13
9
10
43
4. Execution
••
••
••
••
..
VIII. Illdefined Causes
42
38
21
44
145
All Causes
1,640
1,224
939
1,276
5,079
Note—The heavy figures denote that the diseases to which they are applied were most fatal in the
Quarter to which they refer.
Table xxiv.
Showing the
| Classified Diseases. | Tufnell | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | South-East Islington. | The Borough. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
| 43 | 1.25 | 36 | 0.96 | 37 | 1.02 | 52 | 1.24 | 59 | 0.87 | 95 | 1.76 | 94 | 1.23 | 416 | 1.20 | |
| 8 | 0.23 | 7 | 0.19 | 9 | 0.24 | 16 | 0.38 | 9 | 0.13 | 34 | 0.63 | 20 | 0.26 | 103 | 0.29 | |
| 81 | 2.35 | 123 | 3.38 | 94 | 2.58 | 147 | 3.52 | 147 | 2.17 | 212 | 3.93 | 237 | 3.10 | 1,041 | 3.00 | |
| 34 | 0.98 | 55 | 1.51 | 40 | 1.10 | 54 | 1.29 | 63 | 0.93 | 80 | 1.48 | 94 | 1.23 | 420 | 1.21 | |
| 31 | 0.90 | 48 | 1.32 | 22 | 0.60 | 27 | 0.64 | 72 | 1.06 | 49 | 0.91 | 73 | 0.95 | 322 | 0.93 | |
| 85 | 2.47 | 79 | 2.17 | 58 | 1.59 | 81 | 1.94 | 136 | 2.01 | 117 | 2.17 | 141 | 1.84 | 697 | 2.01 | |
| 105 | 3.05 | 123 | 3.38 | 116 | 3.19 | 145 | 3.47 | 170 | 2.51 | 203 | 3.76 | 274 | 3.58 | 1,136 | 3.27 | |
| 32 | 0.93 | 28 | 0.76 | 34 | 0.93 | 42 | 1.00 | 47 | 0.69 | 50 | 0.92 | 65 | 0.85 | 298 | 0.86 | |
| 15 | 0.43 | 11 | 0.30 | 12 | 0.33 | 9 | 0.21 | 23 | 0.34 | 21 | 0.39 | 40 | 0.52 | 131 | 0.38 | |
| 18 | 0.52 | 11 | 0.30 | 16 | 0.44 | 20 | 0.48 | 34 | 0.50 | 38 | 0.70 | 44 | 0.57 | 181 | 0.52 | |
| 17 | 0.49 | 15 | 0.41 | 16 | 0.44 | 35 | 0.84 | 23 | 0.34 | 18 | 0.33 | 21 | 0.27 | 145 | 0.42 | |