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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1918
Sixty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1918
In London the infant mortality rate was 107 per 1,000 births, while in the
six boroughs encircling Islington it was 101 per 1,000. The rate for England
and Wales was 97 per 1,000 births.
The following Table shows the diseases that proved most fatal in the first
year of child life, together with the mortality rates per 1,000 births.
Showing the
in the three years 1901-03; in the ten years 1908-17; and in 1918 from certain
specified causes.
| Causes of Death. | Mean rate of 3 years 1901-2-3 per 1,000 Births. | 1918. | Mean rate 10 years 1908-17 per 1,000 Bir.ths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premature Birth and Congenital Defects | 24.25 | 25.01 | 21 51 |
| Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 25.67 | 22.51 | 1871 |
| Atrophy and Marasmus .. | 20.54 | 16.93 | 14.51 |
| Diarrhœal Diseases (all forms) | 10.81 | 11.55 | 9.29 |
| Convulsions | 6.60 | 2 12 | 1.91 |
| Whooping Cough | 6.44 | 7.12 | 4.08 |
| Measles | 3.27 | 4.42 | 3.06 |
| Phthisis | 1.85 | 0.20 | 0.38 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 5.68 | 3.46 | 3.56 |
| Diphtheria | 0 43 | 0.38 | 0.25 |
| Total of above | 105.60 | 93.70 | 77.26 |
| All other causes .. | 27.11 | 16.06 | 24.69 |
| Total | 132 .71 | 10..86000 | 101 95 |