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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
INFANT MORTALITY.
571 deaths occurred amongst infants under 12 months old, or '230 below
the decennial average of 801. These deaths represented an infant mortality
rate of 110 per 1,000 infants born, which is 8 per 1,000 above the mean annual
record of the preceding 10 years.

Table: Infantile Mortality during each of the Ten Years 1909-18.Deaths at various Ages under One Year of Age.

Infantile Mortality during each of the Ten Years 1909-18.

Deaths at various Ages under One Year of Age.

Years.Under 1 week.Weeks.Total under 4 wteks.Months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
1-22-33-44 weeks and under 3 months.3-66-99-12
1909156522635269147148144133841
1910163454129278131144106118777
19111705234372932072011711681040
19121904125242801331318195710
1918195494729320187178111102838
1914179403933291159181118100849
1915155493531270142152125116805
19161293227212091281169289634
191793382371611061089991565
19181233119141878711278107571
Totals1553429316260255814271461112511197690

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The mortality in the registration sub-districts ranged from 83 per 1,000
births in Upper Holloway to 135 in Tollington.