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Islington 1912

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Table: Table XXXIII.Shewing theChief CausesofInfantile Mortalityin the fourteen years, 1898-1911 and in1912.

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Table XXXIII.

Shewing theChief CausesofInfantile Mortalityin the fourteen years, 1898-1911 and in1912.

Cause of Death.		Years.														Mean 14 years.	1912	Difference.
Cause of Death.		1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	Mean 14 years.	1912	Difference.
i. Common Infectious Diseases.	Small-pox	..	..	..	1	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..
	Measles	65	27	42	37	24	29	51	27	36	27	24	31	21	28	34	29	— 5
	Scarlet Fever	2	..	2	2	1	1	1	..	1	..	3	1	..	..	1	..	— 1
	Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup	6	3	5	7	1	4	2	2	3	1	4	1	1	2	3	6	+ 3
	Whooping Cough	67	66	68	38	76	63	30	51	30	53	29	36	61	31	50	17	— 33
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases.	Diarrhoea, all forms	220	208	148	143	72	83	200	149	171	73	80	46	33	229	133	23	—110
	Enteritis, Muco-enteritis,\| Gastro-enteritis	105	159	67	70	43	46	20	53	92	49	52	26	38	73	64	49	— 15
	Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh	9	13	21	21	23	22	18	15	14	9	7	23	15	9	15	8	— 7
iii. Wasting Diseases.	Premature Birth	191	187	176	169	194	174	178	163	144	164	167	136	121	149	165	128	— 37
	Congenital Defects	30	21	36	48	33	47	43	48	59	47	51	52	46	35	43	34	— 9
	Injury at Birth	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	4	..	3	+ 3
	Want of Breast-milk, Starvation	2	2	1	5	2	7	6	4	5	8	4	4	..	14	5	5	••
	Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus	244	285	221	188	192	183	177	138	134	137	138	133	94	117	170	114	— 56
iv. Tuberculous Diseases.	Tuberculous Meningitis	29	30	25	24	20	20	10	19	20	17	13	18	24	19	21	15	— 6
	Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica	48	30	25	26	25	20	20	24	17	17	14	20	14	11	22	8	— 14
	Other Tuberculous Diseases	20	27	28	19	23	30	16	12	12	23	13	8	8	16	18	5	—13
v. Other Causes.	Erysipelas	..	6	3	2	3	4	3	1	3	3	4	4	3	..	3	..	— 3
	Syphilis	12	7	17	10	11	10	11	13	9	5	13	10	8	4	10	8	— 2
	Rickets	4	8	2	5	3	1	4	3	5	..	2	1	..	6	3	1	—2
	Meningitis(not Tuberculous)	25	16	19	23	16	18	10	19	18	10	13	11	14	10	16	9	—11
	Convulsions	46	62	57	68	69	47	47	38	24	16	15	14	22	17	39	17	— 22
	Bronchitis	129	124	119	104	116	90	78	77	82	83	39	55	50	51	85	41	— 44
	Laryngitis	5	2	4	5	2	4	1	3	..	1	..	1	..	1	2	1	— 1
	Pneumonia	87	112	118	123	134	109	101	107	103	153	106	106	110	101	112	97	— 15
	Suffocation, overlying	48	45	43	39	46	15	25	14	22	23	23	27	26	21	30	23	— 7
	Other Causes	110	108	97	113	86	108	88	94	79	77	80	77	64	91	91	73	— 18
		1.504	1,548	1,344	1,290	1,219	1,136	1,140	1,074	1,083	996	894	841	777	1,040	1,135	710	— 425

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Table: Table XXXIII.Shewing theChief CausesofInfantile Mortalityin the fourteen years, 1898-1911 and in1912.