Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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45 [1910
TABLE XXI.
Sub-Districts. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905 | 1906. | 1907. | 1908 | 1909. | Mean 1902 9. | 1910. | Decrease. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tufnell - | 123 | 112 | 141 | 127 | 122 | 127 | 81 | 107 | 117 | 78 | 39 |
Upper Hollo- | 103 | 138 | 92 | 101 | 105 | 88 | 74 | 77 | 96 | 88 | 8 |
way Tollington | 144 | 105 | 128 | 117 | 127 | 132 | 117 | 96 | 124 | 88 | 36 |
Lower Hollo- | 156 | 159 | 161 | 151 | i55 | 148 | 125 | 101 | 143 | 108 | 35 |
way Highbury | 114 | 178 | 98 | 117 | 95 | 107 | 101 | 93 | , 106 | 82 | 24 |
Barnsbury | 151 | 210 | 142 | 124 | 138 | 123 | 119 | 111 | 130 | 111 | 19 |
South East Islington | 130 | 263 | 134 | 121 | 129 | 104 | 99 | 117 | 121 | 94 | 27 |
The Borough | 132 | 126 | 128 | 123 | 125 | 117 | 103 | 103 | 120 | 95 | 25 |
TABLE XXII.
Causes of Death | Mean rate of 3 years 1901-2-3 per 1,000 Births. | 1910. | Mean rate 10 years 1900-09 per 1,000 Births. |
---|---|---|---|
Premature Birth and Congenital Defects | 24 .25 | 18. 65 | 24 .10 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 25.67 | 19 .51 | 22.62 |
Atrophy and Marasmus .. | 20.54 | 11. 46 | 18 .55 |
Diarrhceal Diseases (all forms) | 19 .01 | 10. 49 | 21. 03 |
Convulsions. | 6.66, | 2.68 | 4 41 |
Whooping Cough | 6.44 | 7.80 | 5. 32 |
Measles | 3.27 | 2.56 | 3 .73 |
Phthisis | 1 .85 | 0.37 | 1 .24 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 5 68 | 5 .24 | 5 20 |
Diphtheria | 0.43 | 0 12 | 0 34 |
Total of above | 113.80 | 78. 88 | 106. 54 |
All other causes | 18.91 | 15. 85 | 18 .10 |
Total | 132. 71 | 94 73 | 124 .64 |