Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington page 21

Islington 1915

Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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Table: Table XV.Shtwing the Chief Causes oj Infantile Mortality in the fifteen years, 1900-1914 and in 1915.

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Shtwing the Chief Causes oj Infantile Mortality in the fifteen years, 1900-1914 and in 1915.

Cause of Death		Years.															Mean 15 years.	1915	Difference.
Cause of Death		1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	Mean 15 years.	1915	Difference.
i. Common Infectious Diseases	Small-pox	..	1	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	f Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	..	..	..
	Measles	42	37	24	29	51	27	36	27	24	31	21	28	29	16	14	29	26	- 3
	Scarlet Fever	2	2	1	1	1		1	..	3	1	..	..	..	2	2	1	1	..
	Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup	5	7	1	4	2	2	3	1	4	1	1	2	6	4	2	3	2	- 1
	Whooping Cough	68	38	76	63	30	51	30	53	29	36	61	31	17	22	43	43	34	- 9
ii Diarrhœal Diseases.	Diarrhœa, all forms	148	143	72	83	200	149	171	73	80	46	33	229	23	68	131	110	58	- 52
	Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis	67	70	43	46	20	53	92	49	52	26	38	73	49	99	54	55	66	+ 11
	Gastritis, Gastro- intestinal Catarrh	21	21	23	22	18	15	14	9	7	23	15	9	8	14	13	15	13	- 2
iii. Wasting Diseases.	Premature Birth	176	169	194	174	178	163	144	164	167	136	121	149	128	139	143	156	130	- 26
	Congenital Defects	36	48	33	47	43	48	59	47	51	52	46	35	34	40	47	44	37	- 7
	Injury at Birth	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	4	3	2	4	1	4	+3
	Want of Breast-milk, Starvation	1	5	2	7	6	4	5	8	4	4	..	14	5	6	3	5	24	+ 19
	Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus	221	188	192	183	177	138	134	137	138	133	94	117	114	144	93	147	117	- 30
iv. Tuberculous Diseases.	Tuberculous Meningitis	25	24	20	20	10	19	20	17	13	18	24	19	15	9	9	17	8	- 9
	Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica	25	26	25	20	20	24	17	17	14	20	14	11	8	7	10	17	6	- 11
	Other Tuberculous Diseases	28	19	23	30	16	12	12	23	13	8	8	16	5	5	8	15	6	- 9
v. Other Causes	Erysipelas	3	2	3	4	3	1	3	3	4	4	3	..	..	1	4	3	2	- 1
	Syphilis	17	10	11	10	11	13	9	5	13	10	8	4	8	12	17	11	13	+ 2
	Rickets	2	5	3	1	4	3	5	..	2	1	..	6	1	2	..	3	1	- 2
	Meningitis (not Tuberculous)	19	23	16	18	10	19	18	10	13	11	14	10	5	8	10	14	17	+ 3
	Convulsions	57	68	69	47	47	38	24	16	15	14	22	17	17	18	13	32	13	- 19
	Bronchitis	119	104	116	90	78	77	82	83	39	55	50	51	41	59	43	72	46	- 26
	Laryngitis	4	5	2	4	1	3	..	1	..	1	..	1	1			2	1	- 1
	Pneumonia	118	123	134	109	101	107	103	153	106	106	110	101	97	109	85	111	106	- 5
	Suffocation, overlying	43	39	46	15	25	. 14	22	23	23	27	26	21	23	32	19	27	22	- 5
	Other Causes	97	113	86	108	88	94	79	77	80	77	64	91	73	80	80	86	52	- 34
		1,344	1,290	1,219	1,136	1,140	1,074	1,083	996	894	841	777	1,040	710	898	849	1019	805	- 214

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Table: Table XV.Shtwing the Chief Causes oj Infantile Mortality in the fifteen years, 1900-1914 and in 1915.