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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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Table: Table LXII. Showing the chief causes of Infantile Mortality in the year 1899, and in the six preceding years 1893-98.

Table LXII. Showing the chief causes of Infantile Mortality in the year 1899, and in the six preceding years 1893-98.

Diseases.Years.+ Increase or -Decrease on mean of 6 years.
1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.Mean of 6 yrs.1899.
Measles2837376712654127-14
Whooping Cough70723410358676766-1
Diarrhœa18973144125138220148208+60
Syphilis21141161712147-7
Tabes Mesenterica8345566455485830-28
Phthisis2827281715182227+5
Tubercular Meningitis2117462823292730+3
Premature Births173148151169174191168187+19
Other Developmental Diseases4848374039304021-19
Erysipelas42352...36+3
Inflammation of Brain3219142127252316-7
Convulsions757i637460466562-3
Bronchitis138121125141129129130124-6
Pneumonia748897129868794112+18
Dentition1923292521232316-7
Enteritis454054626510562159+97
Gastritis49111089913+4
Suffocation5656435139484945-4
Debility1027i1126876768481-3
Marasmus176111141114131129134162+28
Inanition8950546049395742-15
All other Diseases12087126111114108111107-4
Totals15951229141614901338150414291548+119

Table: In the four quarters the mortality was as follows:—

In the four quarters the mortality was as follows:—

Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 Births.
First Quarter 308123
Second „ 256105
Third „ 622256
Fourth „ 362157

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The great fatality in the third quarter was due to Diarrhœa,
and other bowel disorders.