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Islington 1909

Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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[1909

LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—TABLE V. Metropolitan Borough of Islington. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR1909.Deaths from stated Causes m Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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 Months8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
AllCausesCertified1565226352698364445846553455454048841
Uncertified......................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles..............11131386731
Scarlet Fever............................1..1
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)..........................1....1
Whooping Cough....1..13..22543553336
Diarrhœl Diseases. Wasting Diseases.Diarrhœa all forms..........23610275315246
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastroenteritis..1113442412..12..326
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..32..5222233..121..23
Premature Birth861877118101..12121......136
Congenital Defects278223951221..1..1....52
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation..........22..................4
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus2510564625161017147232..133
Tuberculous Meningitis..........3..13221..52118
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..........123323..4..1120
Other causes.Other Tuberculous Diseases......11........11..221..8
Erysipelas............1..11....1......4
Syphilis..211431..11............10
Rickets..................1............1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................12323....11
Convulsions4111721......1........314
Bronchitis....13475218421035455
Laryngitis........................1......1
Pneumonia1434125116391171151115106
Suffocation, overlying2..1474933......1......27
Other Causes11515225544472762977
Totals1565226352698364445846553455454048841

Births in the year{legitimate .. 7,948} Deaths in the year of {legitimate infants .. 744 Population.
{illegitimate .. 250 {illegitimate infants .. 67 Estimated to middle of 1908.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages .. 4,918 351,202.