[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 7

Islington 1923

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

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7 [1923
Infantile Mortality during each of the Ten Years 1913-22,
and 1923.

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Deaths at various ages under One Year of Age.

Years.	Under one week.	Weeks			Total under four weeks.	Months.				Total Deaths under one year.	Deaths per 1,000 Births.
		1-2	2-3	3-4		4 weeks and under 3 mths.	3-6	6-9	9-12
		1913	195	49		47	29	320	187			178	111	102	898	107
		1914	179	40		39	33	291	159			181	118	100	849	104
		1915	155	49		35	31	270	142			152	125	116	805	107
		1916	129	32		27	21	209	128			116	92	89	634	87
1917	93	38	23	7	161	106	108	99	91	565	97
1918	123	31	19	14	187	87	112	78	107	571	110
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
Mean 10 years	143	40	31	22	236	123	130	95	90	674	92
1923	128	35	20	11	191	72	104	54	49	473	66
Increase or decrease on mean	— 15	— 5	—11	—11	— 42	— 51	— 26	— 41	— 41	— 201	— 26

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Showing the Deaths among Infants per 1,000 Births during the Year 1923 and also the mortality rates for the Years 1913-1922.

Sub-Districts.	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	Mean 10 years	1923	Increase or decrease on mean
Tufnell	108	93	65	84	99	93	50	41	53	83	77	46	- 31
Up. Holloway	119	86	118	67	68	83	79	69	76	59	82	64	-18
Tollington	104	92	135	93	102	135	98	58	83	58	96	55	- 41
Lr. Holloway	121	134	118	107	121	130	101	66	93	81	107	81	- 26
Highbury	89	93	109	74	83	99	83	67	93	64	85	61	- 24
Barnsbury	128	119	107	103	114	122	91	89	81	86	105	59	- 46
Islington, S.E	98	105	108	91	89	107	81	79	77	88	92	82	- 10
The Borough	107	104	107	87	97	110	83	72	81	77	92	66	- 26

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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 the Mortality per 1,000 Births among Infants under one year of age, in the ten years 1913-22 and in 1923, from certain specified causes.

Causes of death.	1923. Rate per 1,000 Births.	Mean rate 10 years 1913-22 per 1,000 Births.	Difference.
Premature Births and Con genital Defects	18.87	20.73	— 1.86
Bronchitis and Pneumonia	9.72	18.81	— 9.09
Astrophy and Marasmus	5.07	12.49	— 7.42
Diarrhœal Diseases (all forms)	4.93	6.31	— 1.38
Convulsions	1.41	1.65	— 0.24
Whooping Cough	3.10	3.57	— 0.47
Measles	0.28	3.02	— 2.74
Diphtheria	0.28	0.41	— 0.13
Phthisis	0.42	0.41	+ 0.01
Other forms of Tuberculosis	0.99	1.78	— 0.79
Total of above	45.07	69.18	—24.11
All other causes	21.53	23.34	— 1.81
Total	66.60	92.52	— 25.92