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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TABLE XXIV.
Causes of Death | Mean rate of 3 years 1901-2-3 per 1,000 Births. | 1913. | Mean rate 10 years 1903-12 per 1,000 Births. |
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Premature Birth and Congenital Defects | 24.25 | 21.41 | 23.35 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 25.67 | 20.10 | 20.42 |
Atrophy and Marasmus | 20.54 | 17.95 | 15.96 |
Diarrhœal Diseases (all forms) | 19.01 | 8.14 | 20.89 |
Convulsions | 6.66 | 2.15 | 3.05 |
Whooping Cough | 6.44 | 2.63 | 4.58 |
Measles | 3.27 | 1.91 | 3.52 |
Phthisis | 1.85 | 0.24 | 0.70 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 5.68 | 0.27 | 4.81 |
Diohtheria | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.35 |
Total of above | 113.80 | 77.16 | 97.63 |
All other causes | 18.91 | 30.26 | 16.08 |
Total | 132.71 | 107.42 | 113.71 |