Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1906]
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.— Table V.
Table H.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1906. Deaths
cause of death. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | ||
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All Causes. | Certified | 182 | 42 | 49 | 35 | 308 | 120 | 108 | 96 | 67 | 67 | 56 | 55 | 51 | 51 | 54 | 50 | 1,083 | |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 36 | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 30 | ||
Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 171 | |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastroenteritis | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 92 | ||
Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | ||
Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 95 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 126 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 144 | |
Congenital Defects | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 37 | ||
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Tuberculous Diseases. | Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | .. | 2 | 1 | 134 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 17 | ||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||
Other causes. | Erysipelas | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | ||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | ||
Convulsions | 5 | 8 | 1 | .. | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 24 | ||
Bronchitis | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 82 | ||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Pneumonia | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | l6 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 103 | ||
Suffocation, overlying | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | ||
Other Causes | 38 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .. | 5 | 6 | 100 | ||
Totals | 182 | 42 | 49 | 35 | 308 | I20 | 108 | 96 | 67 | 67 | 56 | 55 | 51 | 51 | 54 | 50 | 1083 | ||
Births in the year | legitimate 8,415 | Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants | 1,050 | Population. | ||||||||||||||
illegitimate 244 | illegitimate infants | 33 | Estimated to middle of 1906. | ||||||||||||||||
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages | 5,050 | 344,987. |