[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough] page 8

Islington 1928

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Infantile Mortality during each of the Ten Years 1918-27 and 1928.

Deaths at various ages under One Year of Age.

Years.	Under one week.	Weeks.			Total under four weeks.	Months.				Total Deaths under one year.	Deaths per 1,000 Births.
		Weeks.				4 weeks and under 3 mths.	3-6	6-9	9-12
		1-2	2-3	3-4		4 weeks and under 3 mths.	3-6	6-9	9-12
1918	123	31	19	14	187	87	112	78	107	571	110
1919	158	32	22	21	233	95	92	60	45	525	83
1920	142	54	37	22	255	141	120	79	81	676	72
1921	131	34	35	22	222	104	148	96	71	641	81
1922	125	37	29	22	213	80	97	96	93	579	77
1923	128	35	20	11	194	72	104	54	49	473	66
1924	110	33	23	21	187	59	61	64	76	447	66
1925	105	25	20	20	170	70	72	58	44	414	63
1926	98	19	16	10	143	63	96	56	69	427	66
1927	90	19	13	9	131	46	56	38	53	324	53
Mean 10 years	121	32	23	17	193	82	96	68	69	508	73
1928	108	10	14	9	141	60	73	58	42	374	64
Increase or decrease on mean	— 13	— 22	— 9	— 8	— 52	— 22	— 23	— 10	— 27	—134	— 9

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Showing theDeaths among Infants per 1,000 Birthsduring the Year1928.and also the mortality rates for the Years 1918-1927.

Sub-Districts.	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	Mean 10 years	1928	Increase or decrease on mean
Tufnell	93	50	41	53	83	46	54	47	64	52	58	65	+ 7
Up. Holloway	83	79	69	76	59	64	70	57	30	31	62	44	—18
Tollington	135	98	58	83	58	55	60	65	92	63	77	85	+ 8
Lr. Holloway	130	101	66	93	81	81	85	78	82	74	87	77	—10
Highbury	99	83	67	93	64	61	60	54	48	52	68	47	—21
Barnsbury	122	91	89	87	86	59	77	75	90	59	83	75	— 8
Islington, S.E.	107	81	79	77	88	82	55	58	64	49	74	67	— 7
The Borough	110	83	72	81	77	66	66	63	66	53	73	64	— 9

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The following table shows the diseases that proved most fatal in the first year of child life, together with the mortality rates per 1,000births.

Showing theMortalityper 1,000 Births amongInfants under one year of

agein the ten years 1918-27: and in1928from certain specified causes.

Causes of death.	1928. Rate per 1,000 Births.	Mean rate 10 years 1918-27 per 1,000 Births.	Difference.
Premature Birth and Congenital Defects	18.0	19.9	— 1.9
Bronchitis and Pneumonia	12.9	15.9	— 3.0
Atrophy and Marasmus	4.1	7.2	— 3.1
Diarrhœal Disease (all forms)	3.8	4.6	— 0.8
Convulsions	0.7	1.3	— 0.6
Whooping Cough	2.6	3.2	— 0.6
Measles	3.8	2.5	+ 1.3
Diphtheria	0.3	0.3
Phthisis	—	0.4	— 0.4
Other forms of Tuberculosis	0.9	1.1	— 0.2
Total of above	47.1	56.4	— 9.3
All other causes	17.5	16.9	+ 0.6
Total	64.6	73.3	— 8.7