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Islington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE V. 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 Month«. | 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 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4, | 5 | 8 | 118 |
| Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Common Infectious Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chicken Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria including Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Diarrhceal Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, all forms | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 17 | |
| Enteritis Muco— Enteritis, Gastro— Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro— intestinal Catarrh | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Wasting Diseases. Premature Birth | 20 | 2 | 2 | _ | 24 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | |
| Congenital Defects | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | |
| Injury at Birth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of Breast—milk, Starvation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 11 | |
| Tuberculous Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | ||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Other Causes. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | _ | — | 2 | _ | 1 | — | _ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | |
| Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | _ | _ | — | 1 | i | _ | _ | _ | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Suffocation, overlying ... | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
| Other causes | o | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 8 | |
| 28 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 118 | |||
Births in the year
legitimate, total registered 1,466; " Residents" 1010.
illegitimate do. 77: do. 46.
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants 106.
illegitimate „ 12.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 868.
Population estimated to middle of 1908, 54,572.