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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 1898
Forty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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1898]
86
While the infantile mortality rates in the undermentioned places
were as follows:—
England and Wales 161 per 1,000 births.
Rural Districts 145 „
33 Great Towns 178 „
67 Other Large Towns 173 „
London 167
Birmingham 191 „
Liverpool 184 „
Manchester 197 „
Leeds 182 „
Sheffield 195 „
The Encircling Districts 167 „
Encircling Districts.
Hornsey 138 „
Stoke Newington 108 „
Hackney 152 „
Shoreditch 196 „
St. Luke 150 ,,
Clerkenwell 196 „
St. Pancras 170 „
Islington 159 „
In Islington during the first quarter there was a considerable
increase in the deaths among infants due to Measles (22), Tubercular
Meningitis (7), and Bronchitis (10). In the second quarter there was
an excess of deaths from Measles (11), Whooping Cough (8) and
Premature Birth (18). In the third quarter there was an increased
mortality from Diarrhoea (90), Enteritis (39), Premature Birth (20),
Bronchitis (6), Pneumonia (6) and Dentition (5). Finally, in the
fourth quarter, there was an increased number of deaths from Diarrhoea
(13), Enteritis (11) and Debility (6). These increases in the returns
fully account for the increased mortality for the year.
The mortality in the several quarters was as follows:—
| 1st quarter | 362 deaths = | 151 per 1,000 births. |
| 2nd „ | 282 „ = | 122 ,, ,, |
| 3rd „ | 561 „ = | 227 ,, ,, |
| 4th „ | 299 „ = | 132 ,, ,, |
| The year | 1,504 „ = | 159 ,, ,, |