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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 1899

Forty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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[1899

Table: While the infantile mortality rates in the undermention places were as follows :—

While the infantile mortality rates in the undermention places were as follows :—

England and Wales163 per 1,000 births.
Rural Districts124 „
33 Great Towns181 ,,
67 Other Large Towns178 ,,
London166 „
Birmingham191 ,,
Liverpool198 „
Manchester206 „
Leeds171 ,,
Sheffield194 ,,
The Encircling Districts—
Encircling Districts.Hornsey107
Stoke Newington103
Hackney153
Shoreditch204 „
St. Luke149
Clerkenwell193
St. Pancras178
Islington160

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The diseases which caused increased mortality were Diarrhœa,
which was 60, Phthisis 5, Tubercular Meningitis 3, Premature
Births 19, Erysipelas 3, Pneumonia 18, Enteritis 97, Gastritis 4, and
Marasmus 28 in excess of the average of the preceding six years.
The Infantile Mortality was least in the Highbury sub-district,
and greatest in Islington South-west.

Table: The Infantile Mortality rates in the several sub-districts were—

The Infantile Mortality rates in the several sub-districts were—

Deaths.
Upper Holloway146 per 1,000 births.
Islington South-west180 „ „
„ South-east161 „ „
Highbury144 ,, ,,
The Parishl60 ,, ,,