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Islington 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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7 [1929
There was a decrease of 119 deaths in the number of deaths under 5 years of
age when compared with the average deaths at those ages during the preceding
ten years ; whilst the number of registered deaths at the several age periods up
to between 5-45 years, were also below the decennial average.
The deaths of aged people between the age period 65 years and upwards
showed an increase of 363 in the number of deaths when contrasted with the
previous year 1928, and were 433 above the ten years' average (1919-28).
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Infant Deaths, 403 ; Mortality Rate, 73.—The deaths ot 403 infants
under twelve months' old \Vere registered during the year, or 85 below the
decennial average (488), and they were equal to the infantile rate of 73 per 1,000
births. The lowest rate on record, however, is 53 per thousand births in the year
1927. The rate was 4 per 1,000 births above the mean annual record of the
preceding ten years, and is 9 per 1,000 above the rate of last year (1928).
In the quarters the mortality ranged from 111 per 1,000 births in the first
quarter, 62 in the second, 50 in the third, and 76 in the fourth.
In the sub-registration districts the infant mortality was as follows:—
| Sub-District. | Infant Deaths. | Mortality per 1,000 Births. |
|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | 38 | 75 |
| Upper Holloway | 31 | 42 |
| Tollington | 31 | 71 |
| Lower Holloway | 61 | 95 |
| Highbury | 55 | 60 |
| Barnsbury | 88 | 87 |
| Islington South Hast | 99 | 78 |
In London the infantile mortality was 70 per 1,000 births, while in the six
boroughs encircling Islington it was 67.
The rate for England and Wales was 74 per 1,000 births.
Infantile Mortality during each of the Ten Years 1919-28 and 1929.
| Years. | Under one week. | Weeks. | Total under four weeks. | Months. | Total Deaths under one year. | Deaths per 1,000 Births. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 weeks and under 3 mths. | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 | ||||||||
| 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | |||||||||
| 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 | 56 | 38 | 53 | 324 | 53 | |
| 1928 | 108 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 141 | 60 | 73 | 58 | 42 | 374 | 64 |
| Mean 10 years | 119 | 30 | 23 | 17 | 189 | 79 | 92 | 66 | 62 | 488 | 69 |
| 1929 | 103 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 147 | 64 | 68 | 73 | 51 | 403 | 73 |
| Increase or decrease on mean | — 16 | -12 | — 8 | -6 | — 42 | — 15 | — 24 | + 7 | -11 | — 85 | + 4 |