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Islington 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1931
INFANTILE MORTALITY during the Year 1981.
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 week | W„K„ | Total under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 3 months | Months. | Total Deaths under 1 year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 | |||||
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| — | — | — | — | 4 | ||||||
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| — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | ||||
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(a) Post Basic Meningitis (2).
BIRTHS.
Nett Births legitimate 5,161 5,406
in the year illegitimate 245
Nett Deaths in legitimate infants 307 337
the year of illegitimate infants 30
REPORT ON MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK.
Municipal Health Visitors.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM AND OPHTHALMIA.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum is an inflammatory disease with purulent discharge
occurring in the eyes of infants within three weeks of birth.
87 cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified, compared with 65 cases
last year.
128 cases of Ophthalmia were reported by the London County Council and
Health Visitors as against 87 cases during the previous year.
21 out of the 87 cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were attended at birth by
midwives.