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Islington 1906

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.
1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.1902.19031904.1905.Mean 10 years.1906
Measles671265274237242951273836— 2
Whooping Cough1035867666838766330516230- 32
Diarrhœa1251382202081481437283200I49149171+ 22
Syphilis617127171011101113119— 2
Tabes Mesenterica645548302526252020243417- 17
Phthisis1715182727181616125173- 14
Tubercular Meningitis282329302524202010192320- 3
Premature Births169174191187176169194174178163177144- 33
OtherDevelop-mental Diseases403930213648334943483959+ 20
Erysipelas52...632343133-
Inflammation of Brain212725161923161810191918- 1
Convulsions746046625768694747385724- 33
Bronchitis1411291291241191041l690787711182- 29
Pneumonia1298687112118123134109101107111103- 8
Dentition2521231625241618119198— 11
Enteritis62651051596770434620536992+ 23
Gastritis1089132121232218151614— 2
Suffocation513948454339513527234030— 10
Debility-687676815340653836315630- 26
Marasmus, Atrophy174180168204168148127145141107156104- 52
All other Diseases ...1111141081078711585100939510186- 15
Totals149013381504154813441290121911361140107413081083- 225