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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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Table: Table LVIII. Showing the chief causes of Infantile Mortality in the year 1897, and in the four preceding years 1893—96.

Table LVIII. Showing the chief causes of Infantile Mortality in the year 1897, and in the four preceding years 1893—96.

Diseases.Years.+ Increaseor-Decrease on mean of 4 years.
1893.1894.1895.1896.Meanof 4 years1897
Measles283737674212- 30
Whooping Cough7072341037058- 12
Diarrhoea18973144125133138+ 5
Syphilis21141161317+ 4
Tabes Mesenterica834556646255- 7
Phthisis282728172515-10
Tubercular Meningitis211746282823- 5
Premature Birth73148151169160174+ 14
Other Developmental Diseases484837404339- 4
Erysipelas423532- 1
Inflammation of Brain321914212227+ 5
Convulsions757163747160-11
Bronchitis38121125141131129- 2
Pneumonia7488971299786-11
Dentition192329252421- 3
Enteritis454054625065+ 15
Gastritis49111098- 1
Suffocation565643515239- 3
Debility10271112688876- 12
Marasmus176111141114135131- 4
Inanition895054606349- 14
All other Diseases12087126111111114+ 3
159512291416149014321338- 94