Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—Table IV.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under four Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 3 | 8 | 31 | ||
| Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | ||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | ||
| ( Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Convulsions | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | 8 | 4 | 4 | .. | 1 | 17 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 41 | ||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 102 | ||
| Diarrhœa | .. | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 31 | |||
| Enteritis | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 54 | ||
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Syphilis | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 8 | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Injury at Birth | 4 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
| Atelectasis | 1 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | |||
| Congenital Malformations | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 33 | |
| Premature Birth | 59 | 13 | 4 | 82 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 91 | ||
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 21 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Other Causes | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 46 | |
| Totals .. | 129 | 32 | 27 | 21 | 209 | 128 | 116 | 92 | 89 | 634 | |
| Nett Births in the year | legitimate 6,973 | Nett Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants | 599 | |||||||
| illegitimate 289 | illegitimate infants | 35 | |||||||||
* Cerebro-Spinal Fever (8).