[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 287

Islington 1914

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—TABLE IV.

Metropolitan Borough of Islington.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1914.

Nett Deaths from stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.		Under 1 Week.	1.2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under One Month	4 Weeks and under 3 Months.	3-6 Months.	6-9 Months.	9-12 Months.	Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes	Certified	179	40	39	33	291	159	181	118	100	849
All Causes	Uncertified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Small-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2
Measles		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	5	8	14
Scarlet Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2
Whooping Cough		..	..	..	1	1	5	8	12	17	43
* Diphtheria and Croup		..	..	1	..	1	..	..	1	..	2
Erysipelas		..	..	1	1	..	l	..	..	1	4
Tubercular Meningitis		..	..	..	..	..	1	2	2	4	9
Abdominal Tuberculosis		..	..	..	..	..	4	3	1	2	10
Other Tuberculous Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	1	3	1	3	8
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)		..	..	..	..	..	2	2	3	3	10
Convulsions		..	..	1	1	10	1	1	..	1	13
Laryngitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis		..	..	2	2	4	15	9	9	6	43
Pneumonia (all forms)		1	..	3	3	7	20	18	23	17	85
Diarrhoea		..	1	2	2	5	2,3	.58	30	15	131
Enteritis Gastritis		1 1	1 ..	1 ..	1 2	4 3	17 2	21 3	6 4	6 1	54 13
Syphilis		1	1	..	..	2	10	2	2	1	17
Rickets		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Suffocation, overlying		6	..	..	3	9	5	4	..	1	19
Injury at Birth		3	..	1	..	4	..	..	..	..	4
Atelectasis		..	2	1	1	18	1	1	..	..	20
Congenital Malformations		24	6	3	1	34	7	5	..	1	47
Premature Birth		05	18	11	5	129	10	2	1	1	143
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus		13	7	9	7	36	22	27	9	2	96
Other Causes		13	3	3	3	22	12	11	6	9	60
Totals		179	40	39	33	291	159	181	118	100	849
Nett Births	legitimate 7,784		Nett Deaths			legitimate infants					78.5
in the year	illegitimate 276		in the year of			illegitimate infants					63