Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1920
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. | |||
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All Causes. | Certified | 143 | 55 | 38 | 21 | 257 | 144 | 119 | 82 | 83 | 685 | ||
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | I | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | I | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | |||
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 27 | |||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | †2 | 8 | |||
Convulsions | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | 14 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 16 | |||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Bronchitis | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 59 | |||
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 37 | 16 | 27 | 124 | |||
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | |||
Enteritis | .. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 50 | |||
Gastritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 7 | |||
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | |||
Injury at Birth | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |||
Atelectasis | 13 | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | |||
CongenitaL Malformations | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 43 | |||
Premature Birth | 73 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 99 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | 111 | |||
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 18 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 102 | |||
Other Causes | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | *2 | *10 | *8 | 45 | |||
Totals | 143 | 55 | 38 | 21 | 257 | 144 | 119 | 82 | 83 | 685 | |||
Nett Births in the year | legitimate | 9,140 | Nett Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants | 655 | ||||||||
illegitimate | 332 | illegitimate infants | 30 |