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Islington 1912

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

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Table: TABLE XXVIII.Showing theMortalityper1,000Births amongInfants under one year of agein the three years1901-03;in the ten years1902-11 ;and in1912from certainspecified causes.

TABLE XXVIII.

Showing theMortalityper1,000Births amongInfants under one year of age

in the three years1901-03;in the ten years1902-11 ;and in1912from certain

specified causes.

Causes of Death.Mean rate of 3 years 1901-2-3 per 1,000 Births.1912.Mean rate 10 years 1902-11 per 1,000 Births.
Premature Birth and Congenital Defects24.2521.3124.09
Bronchitis and Pneumonia25.6716.8021.73
Atrophy and Marasmus20.5414.4916.92
Diarrhœal Diseases (all forms)19.018.7720.91
Convulsions6.662.073.64
Whooping Cough6.442.075.41
Measles3.273.533.53
Phthisis1.85—0.82
Other forms of Tuberculosis5.683.415.29
Diphtheria0.430.730.24
Total of above113.8073.18102.58
All, other causes18.9113.2717.28
Total132.7186.45119.86