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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 1905

Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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[1905

Table: The Infantile Mortality in the Sub-Registration Districts was as follows :—

The Infantile Mortality in the Sub-Registration Districts was as follows :—

Deaths under one year.Births.Deaths per 1,ooo Births.
Tufnell96758127
Upper Holloway1081,067101
Tollington95809117
Lower Holloway1691,118151
Highbury1531,303117
Barnsbury2121,706124
South-East Islington2411,995121
The Borough1,0748,756123

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In England and Wales, in the seven greatest towns, and in the
boroughs surrounding Islington, the infantile mortality rates were as
follows:—
England and Wales 128 per 1,000 births.
Rural Districts 113 ,,
76 Great Towns 140 „
141 Smaller Towns 132 „
London 129 „
Birmingham 154 „
Liverpool 153 „
Manchester 157 „
Leeds 151 „
Bristol 122 „
Sheffield 167 „
The
Encircling Boroughs
Hornsey 66 ,,
StokeNewington 122 ,,
Hackney 129 „
Shoreditch 167 „
Finsbury 127 „
St. Pancras 135 „
The Encircling Boroughs 132 „
Islington 123 ,.