Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington page 73

Islington 1900

Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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73
[1900
There can be little doubt that this matter will receive a great deal of attention
after the Congress on Tuberculosis has held its meetings, as the public will then
have been awakened to the good results that may be expected to follow its
notification.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
One thousand three hundred and forty-four deaths were registered among
infants under a year old, as against an average of 1,430 which obtained during the
seventeen years 1883-99.

Table: The mortality per 1,000 infants born was 145, compared with a mean propor-tion of 147.

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The mortality per 1,000 infants born was 145, compared with a mean propor-tion of 147.

Years.	Deaths under 1 year.	Deaths per 1,000 Births.	Years.	Deaths under 1 year.	Deaths per 1,000 Births.
1883	1,312	132	1893	1,595	163
1884	1,506	150	1894	1,229	129
1885	1,387	144	1895	1,416	143
1886	1,512	154	1896	1,490	150
1887	1,557	160	1897	1,338	136
1888	1,271	133	1898	1,504	159
1889	1,261	132	1899	1,548	160
1890	1,488	158	Average	1,430	147
1891	1,481	151	Average	1,430	147
1892	1,417	148	1900	1,344	145

Table: In the following return Islington occupies a very favourable position, for its infantile mortality rate is less than that of England and Wales, the 33 Great Towns and the 67 other Large Towns. It also bears a favourable comparison with the other places mentioned, especially with the six large towns.

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In the following return Islington occupies a very favourable position, for its infantile mortality rate is less than that of England and Wales, the 33 Great Towns and the 67 other Large Towns. It also bears a favourable comparison with the other places mentioned, especially with the six large towns.

	England and Wales	154 per 1,000 births.
	Rural Districts	138 „
	33 Great Towns	172 ,,
	67 Other Large Towns	166 „
	London	155 „
	Birmingham	189 „
	Liverpool	163 „
	Manchester	193 ,,
	Leeds	156 ,,
	Bristol	133 „
	Sheffield	174 „
	The Encircling Districts—
The Encircling Districts.	Hornsey	88 „
	Stoke Newington	89 „
	Hackney	147 „
	Shoreditch	178 „
	St. Luke	121 „
	Clerkenwell	143 „
	St. Pancras	158 „
	Islington	145

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Table: The mortality per 1,000 infants born was 145, compared with a mean propor-tion of 147.