Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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1904]
The Infantile Mortality in the Sub-Registration Districts was as follows:—
Deaths under one year. | Births | Deaths per 1,000 Births. | |
---|---|---|---|
Tufnell | 113 | 799 | 141 |
Upper Holloway | 98 | 1,066 | 92 |
Tollington | 104 | 815 | 128 |
Lower Holloway | 180 | 1,114 | 161 |
Highbury | 140 | 1,423 | 98 |
Barnsbury | 237 | 1,672 | 142 |
South-East Islington | 268 | 2,001 | 134 |
The Borough | 1,140 | 8,890 | 128 |
In England and Wales, in the seven principal great towns, and in the boroughs surrounding Islington, the infantile mortality rates were as follows:—
England and Wales | 146 per 1,000 births. | |
Rural Districts | 125 „ | |
76 Great Towns | 160 „ | |
142 Smaller Towns | 154 „ | |
London | 144 „ | |
Birmingham | 197 „ | |
Liverpool | 196 ,, | |
Manchester | 187 „ | |
Leeds | 175 „ | |
Bristol | 134 „ | |
Sheffield | 158 „ | |
The Encircling Boroughs | Hornsey | 87 „ |
Stoke Newington | 114 „ | |
Hackney | 142 „ | |
Shoreditch | 188 „ | |
Finsbury | 140 „ | |
St. Pancras | 150 „ | |
The Encircling Boroughs | 146 „ | |