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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1897
Forty-second annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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1897
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The Infantile Mortality showed the gratifying decrease of deaths
on the return of the preceding year. The children under twelve
months old who died numbered 1,338 as against ?? in 1896. The
Infantile Mortality rate was 136 per 1,000 births.
The records for the preceding fourteen years were as follows:—
| Years. | Deaths under 1 year. | Deaths per 1,000 Births. | Years. | Deaths under 1 year. | Deaths per 1,000 Births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883 | 1,312 | 132 | 1891 | 1,481 | 151 |
| 1884 | 1,506 | 150 | 1892 | 1,417 | 148 |
| 1885 | 1,387 | 144 | 1893 | 1,595 | 163 |
| 1886 | 1,512 | 154 | 1894 | 1,229 | 129 |
| 1887 | 1,557 | 160 | 1895 | 1,416 | 143 |
| 1888 | 1,271 | 133 | 1896 | 1,490 | 150 |
| 1889 | 1,261 | 132 | Mean | 1,423 | 146 |
| 1890 | 1,488 | 168 | 1897 | 1338 | 136 |
Here we see that the infantile deaths were 85 below the average
(without correction for the largely increased number of children now
living under twelve months) of the preceding fourteen years, and that
the infantile mortality rate was less by 10 per 1,000 births.-
How good this rate was may be readily seen by the succeeding
statement in which it will be observed that not only was the rate of 136
per 1,000 births lower than that experienced in England and Wales,
but even lower than the rate which prevailed in the Rural Districts
(i.e, England and Wales less the 100 Towns).