Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington.

  • Islington (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1910
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Credit: Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    104 1909] TABLE LXXII. Showing the Deaths from the several Constitutional Diseases during the Years 1899-1908, alse the Corrected Mean Number of Deaths for these Years, together with the Deaths in 1909. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. Cor rected Means 1899 1908. 1909. In crease or De crease Rheumatic Fever 26 16 9 17 16 13 18 15 11 9 16 10 - 6 Rheumatism 8 10 12 15 21 21 11 19 13 14 14 28 + 14 Gout 4 7 7 11 6 11 7 6 13 7 8 4 - 4 Rickets 25 13 19 17 9 11 11 11 5 5 13 3 -10 Cancer 270 303 289 326 350 323 328 363 348 367 337 353 + 16 Tabes Mesenterica.. 50 36 38 43 40 40 39 35 26 45 40 41 + 1 Tubercular Meningitis 89 69 80 77 71 74 63 80 74 63 76 72 - 4 Phthisis 583 602 545 515 492 533 438 411 436 432 515 424 -91 Other Tubercular and Scrofulous Diseases 7 3 14 37 29 35 40 52 72 64 36 45 + 9 Purpura 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 2 • • - 2 Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leuco cythæmia. 11 12 9 7 8 14 15 16 15 14 12 13 + 1 Diabetes 20 28 33 28 26 35 28 32 21 21 28 36 + 8 Other Diseases 3 3 5 2 1 5 7 1 4 4 4 3 - 1 Totals 1,100 1,104 1,062 1,097 1,070 1,116 1,007 1,042 1,041 1,048 1,101 1,032 -69 DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. The chief diseases included under this heading are Acute Bronchitis, Chronic Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Broncho-Pneumonia, Pleurisy and Asthma, which collectively caused 1,049 deaths, and formed 21.3 per cent. of the total deaths from all causes registered during the year. Thus it is seen that diseases of the respiratory system form one of the most important groups which come under the purview of the Medical Officer of Health, especially as they are a very con siderable item in the mortality among infants, among whom, in the year under consideration, they were the certified primary cause of 166 deaths, while in very many cases they were ascribed as secondary causes. Altogether 192 deaths from the respiratory diseases occurred in the public institutions within the Borough.
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