[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 71

Islington 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: TABLE XLI.Showing theChief CausesofInfantile Mortalityin the fourteen years, 1897-1910 and in1911.

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TABLE XLI.

Showing theChief CausesofInfantile Mortalityin the fourteen years, 1897-1910 and in1911.

Cause of Death.		Years.														Mean 14 years.	1911	Differ ence.
Cause of Death.		1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	Mean 14 years.	1911	Differ ence.
i. Common Infectious Diseases.	Small-pox	1	..	..	..	1	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	+1
	Measles	12	65	27	42	37	24	29	51	27	36	27	24	31	21	32	28	- 4
	Scarlet Fever	1	2	..	2	2	1	1	1	..	1	..	3	1	..	1	..	- 1
	Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup	6	6	3	5	7	1	4	2	2	3	1	4	1	1	3	2	- 1
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases.	Whooping Cough	58	67	66	68	38	76	63	30	51	30	53	29	36	61	52	31	- 21
	Diarrhœa, all forms	138	220	208	148	143	72	83	200	149	171	73	80	46	33	126	227	+ 101
	\|Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis	65	105	159	67	70	43	46	20	53	92	49	52	26	38	63	73	+ 10
	Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh	8	9	13	21	21	23	22	18	15	14	9	7	23	15	16	9	- 7
iii. Wasting Diseases.	Premature Birth	174	191	187	176	169	194	174	178	163	144	164	167	136	121	167	149	- 18
	Congenital Defects	39	30	21	36	48	33	47	43	48	59	47	51	52	46	43	35	- 8
	Injury at Birth	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	4	+ 4
	Want of Breast-milk,Starvation	3	2	2	1	5	2	7	6	4	5	8	4	4	..	4	14	+ 10
	Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus	256	244	285	221	188	192	183	177	138	134	137	138	133	94	180	115	- 65
iv. Tuberculous Diseases,	Tuberculous Meningitis	23	29	80	25	24	20	20	10	19	20	17	13	18	24	23	19	- 4
	Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica	55	48	30	25	26	25	20	20	24	17	17	14	20	14	25	11	- 14
	Other TuberculousDiseases	20	20	27	28	19	23	30	16	12	12	23	13	8	8	18	16	- 2
v. Other Causes.	Erysipelas	2	..	6	3	2	3	4	3	1	3	3	4	4	3	3	..	- 3
	Syphilis	17	12	7	17	10	11	10	11	13	9	5	13	10	8	11	4	- 7
	Rickets	6	4	8	2	5	3	1	4	3	5	..	2	1	..	3	6	+ 3
	Meningitis (not Tuberculous)	27	25	16	19	23	16	18	10	19	18	10	13	11	14	17	10	- 7
	Convulsions	60	46	62	57	68	69	47	47	38	24	16	15	14	22	42	17	- 25
	( Bronchitis	129	129	124	119	104	116	90	78	77	82	83	39	55	50	91	51	- 40
	Laryngitis	4	5	2	4	5	2	4	1	3	..	1	..	1	..	2	1	- 1
	Pneumonia	86	87	112'	118	123	134	109	101	107	103	153	106	106	110	111	100	- 11
	Suffocation, overlying	39	48	45	43	39	46	15	25	14	22	23	23	27	26	31	20	- 11
	Other Causes	109	110	108	97	113	86	108	88	94	79	77	80	77	64	92	90	- 2
		1,338	1,504	1,548	1,344	1,290	1,219	1,136	1,140	1,074	1,083	996	894	841	777	1156	1,033	- 123