[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 11

Islington 1922

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

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11 [1922

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Infantile Mortality during each of the Ten Years 1912-21,

and 1922.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
		1912	190	41		25	24	280	133			121	81	95	710	86
		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
Mean 10 years	149	40	31	22	242	128	133	94	90	687	94
1922	125	37	29	22	213	80	97	96	93	579	77
Increase or decrease on mean	- 24	- 3	- 2	-	- 29	- 48	- 36	+ 2	+ 3	-108	- 17

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showing theDeaths among Infants per 1,000 Births during the Year1922and also the mortality rates for the Years 1912-1921.

Sub-Districts.	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	Mean 10 years	1922	Increase or decrease on mean
Tufnell	61	108	93	65	84	99	93	50	41	53	75	83	+ 8
Up. Holloway	85	119	86	118	67	68	83	79	69	76	85	59	-26
Tollington	88	104	92	135	93	102	135	98	58	83	99	58	- 41
L.r. Holloway	94	121	134	118	107	121	130	101	66	93	108	81	- 27
Highbury	80	89	93	109	74	83	99	83	67	93	87	64	- 23
Barnsbury	98	128	119	107	103	114	122	91	89	87	106	86	- 20
Islington, S.E.	94	98	105	108	91	89	107	81	79	77	93	88	- 5
The Borough	86	107	104	107	87	97	110	83	72	81	94	77	-17

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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 theMortality per 1,000 Births amongInfants under one year ofage in the ten years 1912-21; and in1922 from certain specified causes.

Causes of death.	1922. Rate per 1,000 Births.	Mean rate 10 years 1912-21 per 1,000 Births.	Difference.
Premature Birth and Congenital Defects	20.25	20.71	— 0.46
Bronchitis and Pneumonia	17.58	18.70	— 1.12
Atrophy and Marasmus	6.13	13.40	— 7.27
Diarrhœal Diseases (all forms)	2.93	6.27	— 3.34
Convulsions	1.60	1.77	— 0.17
Whooping Cough	3.86	3.41	+ 0.45
Measles	4.93	2.86	+ 2.07
Diphtheria	0.40	0.41	— 0.01
Phthisis	0.27	0.41	— 0.14
Other forms of Tuberculosis	0.67	2.18	— 1.51
Total of above	58.62	70.12	— 11.50
All other causes	18.52	23.57	+ 5.05
Total	77.14	93.69	— 16.55