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

Islington 1931

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

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1931]

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Showing theDeaths among Infants per 1,000 Birthsduring the Year1931.

and also the mortality rates for the Years 1921-1930.

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Sub-Districts.	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	Mean 10 years	1931	Increase or decrease on mean
Tufnell	53	83	46	54	47	64	52	65	75	78	62	43	—19
Up. Holloway	76	59	64	70	57	30	31	44	42	26	50	35	—15
Tollington	83	58	55	60	65	92	63	85	71	106	74	90	+16
Lr. Holloway	93	81	81	85	78	82	74	77	95	57	80	84	+ 4
Highbury	93	64	61	60	54	48	52	47	60	58	60	64	+4
Barnsbury	87	86	59	77	75	90	59	75	87	95	79	66	—13
Islington, S.E.	77	88	82	55	58	64	49	67	78	76	69	68	— 1
The Borough	81	77	66	66	63	66	53	64	73	70	68	64	—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

agein the ten years 1921-30 : and in1931from certain specified causes.

Causes of death.	1931. Rate per 1,000 Births.	Mean rate 10 years 1921-30 per 1,000 Births.	Difference.
Premature Birth and Congenital Defects	21.0	19.1	+ 1.9
Bronchitis and Pneumonia	14.1	14.4	—0.3
Atrophy and Marasmus	1.5	5.0	—3.5
Diarrhoeal Disease (all forms)	11.5	5.2	+6.3
Convulsions	1.5	1.1	+0.4
Whooping Cough	3.1	3.4	— 0.3
Measles	0.3	2.7	— 2.4
Diphtheria	0.6	0.3	+0.3
Phthisis	0.3	0.3	—
Other forms of Tuberculosis	1.0	0.8	+ 0.2
Total of above	54.9	52.3	+ 2.6
All other causes	9.1	16.2	— 7.1
Total	64.0	68.5	— 4.5