Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1918
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—T ABLE IV.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1918. Nett Deaths
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1.2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total udder four Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Certified | 122 | 31 | 19 | 186 | 86 | 112 | 77 | 103 | 564 | |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Chiken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 37 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Erysiipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | |
| Abdominal Tuverculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | |
| Convulsions | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 33 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 31 | 86 | |
| Diarrhœa | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17 | |
| Enteritis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 35 | |
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | .. | 1 | i | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Injury at Birth | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| Atelectasis | 8 | • • | 1 | .. | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | |
| Congenital Malformations | 12 | 5 | I | 2 | 20 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 26 | |
| Premature Birth | 70 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 90 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .. | 103 | |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 88 | |
| Other Causes | 8 | 2 | 1 | .. | 11 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 44 | |
| Totals | 122 | 31 | 19 | 14 | 186 | 86 | 112 | 77 | 103 | 564 | |
| Nett Births in the year | ligitimate 4,958 | Nett Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants illegitimate infants | 515 | |||||||
| illegitimate 239 | 49 | ||||||||||