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

Islington 1930

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

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Showing the Deaths among Infants per 1,000 Births during the Year 1930.
and also the mortality rates for the Years 1920-1929.

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Showing the Deaths among Infants per 1,000 Births during the Year 1930. and also the mortality rates for the Years 1920-1929.

Sub-Districts.	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	Mean 10 years	1930	Increase or decrease on mean
Tufnell	41	53	83	46	54	47	64	52	65	75	58	78	+ 20
Up. Holloway	69	76	59	64	70	57	30	31	44	42	54	26	—28
Tollington	58	83	58	55	60	65	92	63	85	71	69	106	+ 37
Lr. Holloway	66	93	81	81	85	78	82	74	77	95	81	57	—24
Highbury	67	93	64	61	60	54	48	52	47	60	61	58	— 3
Barnsbury	89	87	86	59	77	75	90	59	75	87	78	95	+ 17
Islington, S.E.	79	77	88	82	55	58	64	49	67	78	70	76	+ 6
The Borough	72	81	77	66	66	63	66	53	64	73	68	70	+ 2

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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 ofagein the ten yearsl920-29 : and in1930from certain specified causes.

Causes of death.	1930. Rate per 1,000 Births.	Mean rate 10 years 1920-29 per 1,000 Births.	Difference.
Premature Birth and Congenital Defects ...	22-3	185	+ 38
Bronchitis and Pneumonia ... ......	11 4	15-3	— 3 9
Atrophy and Marasmus	20	56	— 3 6
Diarrhoeal Disease (all forms)	15-6	4-6	+ 110
Convulsions ...... ... ... ......	09	12	— 0 3
Whooping Cough	11	35	— 2 4
Measles ..................	47	24	+ 23
Diphtheria	1-2	0 3	+ 09
Phthisis	00	0 3	— 03
Other forms of Tuberculosis............	0-7	09	— 0'2
Total of above ............	599	52-6	+ 73
All other causes ...	102	16-2	— 6-0
Total ...............	701	68-8	+ 13