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

Islington 1929

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

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Showing theDeaths among Infants per 1,000 Birthsduring the Year1929.and also the mortality rates for the Years 1919-1928.

Sub-Districts.	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	Mean 10 years	1929	Increase or decrease on mean
Tufnell	50	41	53	83	46	54	47	64	52	65	55	75	+ 20
Up. Holloway	79	69	76	59	64	70	57	30	31	44	58	42	—16
Tollington	98	58	83	58	55	60	65	92	63	85	72	71	— 1
Lr. Holloway	101	66	93	81	81	85	78	82	74	77	82	95	+ 13
Highbury	83	67	93	64	61	60	54	48	52	47	63	60	— 3
Barnsbury	91	89	87	86	59	77	75	90	59	75	79	87	+ 8
Islington, S.E.	81	79	77	88	82	55	58	64	49	67	70	78	+ 8
The Borough	83	72	81	77	66	66	63	66	53	64	69	73	+ 4

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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 1,000 births.

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Showing theMortalityper 1,000 Births amongInfants under one year of

age in the ten yearsl919-28 : and in1929from certain specified causes.

Causes of death.	1929. Rate per 1,000 Births.	Mean rate 10 years 1919-28 per 1,000 Births.	Difference.
Premature Birth and Congenital Defects	17.1	19. 5	— 2.4
Bronchitis and Pneumonia	17.6	15.2	+ 2.4
Atrophy and Marasmus	4.0	6.4	— 2.4
Diarrhoeal Disease (all forms)	2.3	4.6	— 2.3
Convulsions	0.5	1.1	— 0.6
Whooping Cough	8.3	2.9	+ 5.4
Measles	0.4	2.4	— 2.0
Diphtheria	0.5	0.3	+ 0.2
Phthisis	0.4	0.3	+ 0.1
Other forms of Tuberculosis	0.4	0.8	— 0.4
Total of above	51.5	53.5	— 2.0
All other causes	21.6	16.3	+ 5.3
Total	73.1	69 8	+ 3.3