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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Table XXVII.
Showing the Chief Causes of Infantile Mortality in the year 1906,
and in the ten preceding years, 1896-1905.
Table XXVII.
Showing the Chief Causes of Infantile Mortality in the year 1906, and in the ten preceding years, 1896-1905.
Diseases. | Years. | +Increase or - Decrease on mean of 10 years. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903 | 1904. | 1905. | Mean 10 years. | 1906 | ||
Measles | 67 | 12 | 65 | 27 | 42 | 37 | 24 | 29 | 51 | 27 | 38 | 36 | — 2 |
Whooping Cough | 103 | 58 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 38 | 76 | 63 | 30 | 51 | 62 | 30 | - 32 |
Diarrhœa | 125 | 138 | 220 | 208 | 148 | 143 | 72 | 83 | 200 | I49 | 149 | 171 | + 22 |
Syphilis | 6 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 | — 2 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 64 | 55 | 48 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 34 | 17 | - 17 |
Phthisis | 17 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 3 | - 14 |
Tubercular Meningitis | 28 | 23 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 23 | 20 | - 3 | |
Premature Births | 169 | 174 | 191 | 187 | 176 | 169 | 194 | 174 | 178 | 163 | 177 | 144 | - 33 |
OtherDevelop-mental Diseases | 40 | 39 | 30 | 21 | 36 | 48 | 33 | 49 | 43 | 48 | 39 | 59 | + 20 |
Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | ... | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - |
Inflammation of Brain | 21 | 27 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 18 | - 1 |
Convulsions | 74 | 60 | 46 | 62 | 57 | 68 | 69 | 47 | 47 | 38 | 57 | 24 | - 33 |
Bronchitis | 141 | 129 | 129 | 124 | 119 | 104 | 1l6 | 90 | 78 | 77 | 111 | 82 | - 29 |
Pneumonia | 129 | 86 | 87 | 112 | 118 | 123 | 134 | 109 | 101 | 107 | 111 | 103 | - 8 |
Dentition | 25 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 8 | — 11 |
Enteritis | 62 | 65 | 105 | 159 | 67 | 70 | 43 | 46 | 20 | 53 | 69 | 92 | + 23 |
Gastritis | 10 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 14 | — 2 |
Suffocation | 51 | 39 | 48 | 45 | 43 | 39 | 51 | 35 | 27 | 23 | 40 | 30 | — 10 |
Debility- | 68 | 76 | 76 | 81 | 53 | 40 | 65 | 38 | 36 | 31 | 56 | 30 | - 26 |
Marasmus, Atrophy | 174 | 180 | 168 | 204 | 168 | 148 | 127 | 145 | 141 | 107 | 156 | 104 | - 52 |
All other Diseases ... | 111 | 114 | 108 | 107 | 87 | 115 | 85 | 100 | 93 | 95 | 101 | 86 | - 15 |
Totals | 1490 | 1338 | 1504 | 1548 | 1344 | 1290 | 1219 | 1136 | 1140 | 1074 | 1308 | 1083 | - 225 |