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Islington 1914

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

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Table: TABLE XXV.Showing theMortalityper1,000Births amongInfants under one year of ageinthe three years1901-03 ;in ths ten years190413; and in1914from certainspecified causes.

TABLE XXV.

Showing theMortalityper1,000Births amongInfants under one year of age

inthe three years1901-03 ;in ths ten years190413; and in1914from certain

specified causes.

Causes of DeathMean rate of 3 years 1901-2-3 per 1,000 Births.1914.Mean rate 10 years 1904-13 per 1,000 Births
Premature Birth and Congenital Defects24.2523.2323.24
Bronchitis and Pneumonia25.6715.6520.48
Atrophy and Marasmus20.5411.7415.93
Diarrhœal Diseases (all forms)19.0116.0221.00
Convulsions6.661.592.75
Whooping Cough6.445.264.31
Measles3.271.713.47
Phthisis1.850.860.48
Other forms of Tuberculosis5.682.454.67
Diphtheria0.430.240.36
Total of above113.8078.7596.69
All other causes18.9125.0716.53
Total132.71103.82113.22