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Table: Table H.Metropolitan Borough of Islington. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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Table H.

Metropolitan Borough of Islington.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.		Under 1 Week	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under 1 Month.	1-2 Months.	2-3 Months.	3-4 Months.	4-5 Months.	5-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months	8-9 Months.	9-10 Months.	10-11 Months.	11-12 Months.	Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.	Certified	186	52	33	39	310	97	83	48	55	48	37	43	46	39	39	49	894
All Causes.	Uncertified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Common Infectious Diseases.	Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Measles	..	..	1	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	3	3	3	5	6	24
	Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	1	3
	Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	1	4
Diarrhœal Diseases.	Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	..	2	3	2	1	1	4	2	3	4	3	4	29
	Diarrhœa, all forms	..	..	2	..	2	9	8	8	8	8	8	12	3	4	1	9	80
	Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastroenteritis	..	..	1	..	1	4	6	5	10	9	2	1	7	2	3	2	52
Wasting Diseases.	Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	..	1	2	..	..	..	..	1	1	7
	Premature Birth	111	17	7	14	149	13	2	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	167
	Congenital Defects	20	10	3	1	34	3	6	1	2	1	..	2	2	..	..	..	51
	Injury at Birth	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Want of Breast-milk, Starvation	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	4
Tuberculous Diseases.	Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus	28	10	9	8	55	23	19	14	7	4	4	2	4	2	1	3	138
	Tuberculous Meningitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	3	1	2	..	3	..	1	1	13
	Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica	1	..	..	..	1	1	4	2	..	1	..	..	3	..	2	..	14
Other causes.	Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	1	..	1	1	2	..	..	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	13
	Erysipelas	..	..	..	2	2	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
	Syphilis	..	2	..	..	2	1	3	..	2	3	1	..	1	..	..	..	13
	Rickets	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	2
	Meningitis (not Tuberculous)	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	1	3	1	2	2	2	13
	Convulsions	4	4	..	1	9	1	..	..	..	..	2	2	1	..	..	..	15
	Bronchitis	..	2	2	1	5	8	9	2	2	5	1	..	2	3	..	2	39
	Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Pneumonia	1	2	3	3	9	14	13	10	6	7	2	10	7	10	6	12	106
	Suffocation, overlying	4	..	2	3	9	4	3	..	1	2	2	1	..	..	..	1	23
	Other Causes	17	5	2	5	29	10	2	2	9	2	2	3	2	7	9	3	80
Totals		186	52	33	39	310	97	83	48	55	48	37	43	46	39	39	49	894

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Births in the year legitimate 8,434
illegitimate 231
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 4,679
Deaths in the year of legitimate infants 847
illegitimate infants 47
Population.
Estimated to middle of 1908.
349,091.

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Table: Table H.Metropolitan Borough of Islington. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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