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 |