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Islington 1913

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Table: Table XXIX.Showing theChief CausesofInfantile Mortalityin the fourteen years,1899 1912 and in1913.

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Table XXIX.

Showing theChief CausesofInfantile Mortalityin the fourteen years,1899 1912 and in1913.

Cause of Death		Years														M ean 14 years.	1913	Difference.
Cause of Death		1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912	M ean 14 years.	1913	Difference.
i. Common Infectious Diseases.	Small-pox	..	..	1	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..
	Measles	27	42	37	24	29	51	27	36	27	24	31	21	28	29	31	16	- 15
	Scarlet Fever	..	2	2	1	1	1	..	1	..	3	1	..	..	..	1	2	+ 1
	Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup	3	5	7	1	4	2	2	3	1	4	1	1	2	6	3	4	+ 1
	Whooping Cough	66	68	38	76	63	30	51	30	53	29	36	61	31	17	46	22	-24
	Diarrhoea, all forms	208	148	143	72	83	200	149	1 71	73	80	46	33	229	23	118	68	-50
ii Diarrhaeal Diseases.	Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis	159	67	70	43	46	20	53	92	49	52	26	38	73	49	60	99	+ 39
ii Diarrhaeal Diseases.	Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrh	13	21	21	23	22	18	15	14	9	7	23	15	9	8	15	14	- 1
iii. Wasting Diseases.	Premature Birth	187	176	169	194	174	178	163	144	164	167	136	121	149	128	161	139	-22
	Congenital Defects	21	36	48	33	47	43	48	59	47	51	52	46	35	34	43	40	3
	Injury at Birth	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	4	3	1	2	+1
	Want of Breast-milk, Starvation	2	1	5	2	7	6	4	5	8	4	4	..	14	5	5	6	+ 1
	Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus	285	221	188	192	183	177	138	134	137	138	133	94	117	114	101	144	- 17
iv. Tuberculous Diseases	Tuberculous Meningitis	30	25	24	20	20	10	19	20	17	13	18	24	19	15	20	9	-11
	Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica	30	25	26	25	20	20	24	17	17	14	20	14	11	8	19	7	- 12
	Other Tuberculous Diseases	27	28	19	23	30	16	12	12	23	13	8	8	16	5	17	5	- 12
v Other Causes.	Erysipelas	6	3	2	3	4	3	1	3	3	4	4	3	..	..	3	1	-2
	Syphilis	7	17	10	11	10	11	13	9	5	13	10	8	4	8	10	12	+ 2
	Rickets	8	2	5	3	1	4	3	5	..	2	1	..	6	1	3	2	-1
	Meningitis (not 7 ubeiculous)	16	19	23	16	18	10	19	18	10	13	11	14	10	5	14	8	-6
	Convulsions	62	57	68	69	47	47	38	24	16	15	14	22	17	17	37	18	-19
	Bronchitis	124	119	104	116	90	78	77	82	83	39	55	50	51	41	79	59	-20
	Laryngitis	2	4	5	2	4	1	3	..	1	..	1	..	1	1	2	..	— 2
	Pneumonia	112	118	123	134	109	101	107	103	153	106	106	110	101	97	113	109	-4
	Suffocation, overlying	45	43	39	46	15	25	14	22	23	23	27	26	21	23	28	32	+4
	Other Causes	108	97	113	86	108	88	94	79	77	80	77	64	91	73	88	80	- 8
		1,548	1,344	1,290	1,219	1,136	1,140	1,074	1,083	996	894	841	777	1,040	710	1,078	898	-180

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Table: Table XXIX.Showing theChief CausesofInfantile Mortalityin the fourteen years,1899 1912 and in1913.