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Islington 1912

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

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[1912

Table: In England and Wales, in the ninety-five great towns, in the seven greatest towns, and in the boroughs surrounding Islington, the infantile mortality was as follows:—

In England and Wales, in the ninety-five great towns, in the seven greatest towns, and in the boroughs surrounding Islington, the infantile mortality was as follows:—

England and Wales95 per 1,000 births
95 Great Towns101 „
146 Smaller Towns98 „
Rural Districts86 „
London91 „
Birmingham112 „
Liverpool125 „
Manchester121 „
Leeds101 „
Bristol103 „
Sheffield106 „
The Encircling Boroughs.Hornsey77 „
Stoke Newington72 „
Hackney80 „
Shoreditch123 „
Finsbury114 „
St. Pancras88 „
The Encircling Boroughs94 „
Islington86 „

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MORTALITY FROM THE PRINCIPAL EPIDEMIC DISEASES
Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Fevers
(that is to say, Typhus, Enteric and Continued) and Diarrhceal Diseases.
There were only 296 deaths registered from the principal epidemic Dseases,
or 308 less than the number registered in 1911 The resulting death-rate was
0.90 per 1,000 inhabitants, which is far and away the lowest hitherto chronicled
in the Borough. In Tables XXXIV. and XXXV. the records from 1885 to the
present day are given, and from these it will be seen that the present record
has never been approached; thus there was no death from small pox, as contrasted
with an average of 7; there were only 150 deaths from measles, as compared
with 173; 9 deaths from scarlet fever, as contrasted with 33 ; 38 deaths from
148; 8 deaths from enteric fever, as against 36; 36 deaths from diarrhoea, as
against 186. Thus in each of the diseases there was a considerably diminished
mortality, which is a matter for congratulation.