London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Islington 1903

Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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1903]

Table XXV.

Showing theChief CausesofInfantile Mortalityin the year1903,and in the ten preceding years,1893-1902.

Diseases.Years.+ Increase or – Decrease on mean of 10 years.
1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.1902Mean 10 years.1903
Measles283737671265274237243829– 9
Whooping Cough7072341035867666838766563– 2
Diarrhœa189731441251382202081481437214683– 63
Syphilis2114116171271710I I1310– 3
Tabes Mesenterica834556645548302526254620– 26
Phthisis282728171518272718162216– 6
Tubercular Meningitis211746282329302524202620– 6
Premature Births173148151169174191187176169194173174+ 1
Other Developmental Diseases484837403930213648333849+ 11
Erysipelas42352...632334+ 1
Inflammation of Brain321914212725161923162118– 3
Convulsions757163746046625768696447– 7
Bronchitis13812112514112912912411910411612590– 35
Pneumonia7488971298687112118123134105109+ 4
Dentition192329252123l62524162218– 4
Enteritis45405462651051596770437146– 25
Gastritis49111089132121231322+ 9
Suffocation565643513948454339514735– 12
Debility10271112687676815340657438– 36
Marasmus, Atrophy265161195174180168204168148127179145– 34
All other Diseases120871261111141081078711585106100– 6
Totals1595122914161490J338I5°4J548:3441290121913971136— 261