Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1912]
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Particulars of the mortalities which have obtained in the various parts of the Borough are to be seen in the following statement:—
Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 Births. | ||
---|---|---|---|
1912. | 1911. | ||
Tufnell | 46 | 61 | 85 |
Upper Holloway | 87 | 85 | 115 |
Tollington | 58 | 88 | 131 |
Lower Holloway | 97 | 94 | 162 |
Highbury | 97 | 80 | 104 |
Barnsbury | 149 | 98 | 162 |
Islington South-East | 176 | 94 | 128 |
The Borough | 710 | 86 | 129 |
The infant mortality record of the borough from 1841 to 1912, is shown in decennial periods in the following Table:—
Death-rates from All Causes | Infant deaths per 1,000 Births. | |
---|---|---|
1841-1850 | 19.28 | 146 |
1851-1860 | 21.43 | 143 |
1861-1870 | 24.64 | 153 |
1871-1880 | 20.28 | 147 |
1881-1890 | 18.55 | 144 |
1891-1900 | 17.72 | 148 |
1901-1910 | 15.17 | 120 |
Mean death-rate | 19.58 | 143 |
1912 | 14.34 | 86 |