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Islington 1925

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Table: Infantile Mortality during each of the Ten Years 1915-24 and 1925. Deaths at various ages under One Year of Age.

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Infantile Mortality during each of the Ten Years 1915-24 and 1925. Deaths at various ages under One Year of Age.

Years.	Under one week.	Weeks.			Total under four weeks.	Months.				Total Deaths under one year.	Deaths per 1,000 Births.
		Weeks.				4 weeks and under 3 mths.	3-6	6-9	9-12
		1-2	2-3	3-4		4 weeks and under 3 mths.	3-6	6-9	9-12
1915	155	49	35	31	270	142	152	125	116	805	107
1916	129	32	27	21	209	128	116	92	89	634	87
1917	93	38	23	7	161	106	108	99	91	565	97
1918	123	31	19	14	187	87	112	78	107	571	110
1919	158	32	22	21	233	95	92	60	45	525	83
1920	142	54	37	22	255	141	120	79	81	676	72
1921	131	34	35	22	222	104	148	96	71	641	81
1922	125	37	29	22	213	80	97	96	93	579	77
1923	128	35	20	11	194	72	104	54	49	473	66
1924	110	33	23	21	187	59	60	65	76	447	66
Mean 10 years	129	38	27	19	213	101	111	84	82	591	84
1925	105	25	20	20	170	70	72	58	44	414	63
Increase or decrease on mean	— 24	-13	-7	+ 1	— 43	— 31	— 39	— 26	— 38	—177	— 21

Table: Showing the Deaths among Infants per 1,000 Births during the Year 1925.and also the mortality rates for the Years 1915-1924.

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Showing the Deaths among Infants per 1,000 Births during the Year 1925.and also the mortality rates for the Years 1915-1924.

Sub-Districts.	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	Mean 10 years	1925	Increase or decrease on mean
Tufnell	65	84	99	93	50	41	53	83	46	54	67	47	—20
Up. Hollo way	118	67	68	83	79	69	76	59	64	70	75	57	—18
Tollington	135	93	102	135	98	58	83	58	55	60	88	65	—23
Lr. Holloway	118	107	121	130	101	66	93	81	81	85	98	78	—20
Highbury	109	74	83	99	83	67	93	64	61	60	79	54	—25
Barnsbury	107	103	114	122	91	89	87	86	59	77	93	75	—18
Islington, S.E.	108	91	89	107	81	79	77	88	82	55	86	58	—28
The Borough	107	87	97	110	83	72	81	77	66	66	84	63	—21

Table: The following table shows the diseases that proved must fatal in the first year of child life, together with the mortality rates per 1,000 births. Showing the Mortality per 1,000 Births among Infants under one year of age in the ten years 1915-24: and in 1925 from certain specified causes.

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The following table shows the diseases that proved must fatal in the first year of child life, together with the mortality rates per 1,000 births. Showing the Mortality per 1,000 Births among Infants under one year of age in the ten years 1915-24: and in 1925 from certain specified causes.

Causes of death.	1925. Rate per 1,000 Births.	Mean rate 10 years 1915-24 per 1,000 Births.	Difference.
Premature Birth and Congenital Defects	17.2	19.6	— 2.4
Bronchitis and Pneumonia	14.3	17.6	— 3.3
Atrophy and Marasmus	4.7	10.4	— 5.7
Diarrhoeal Disease (all forms)	2.1	4.8	— 2.7
Convulsions	0.6	1.6	— 1.0
Whooping Cough	3.6	3.4	+ 0.2
Measles	0.6	3.1	— 2.5
Diphtheria	—	0.3	— 0.3
Phthisis	0.8	0.4	+ 0.4
Other forms of Tuberculosis	1.1	1.6	— 0.5
Total of above	45.0	62.8	—17.8
All other causes	17.9	20.8	— 2.9
Total	62.9	83.6	—20.7

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Table: Infantile Mortality during each of the Ten Years 1915-24 and 1925. Deaths at various ages under One Year of Age.

Table: Showing the Deaths among Infants per 1,000 Births during the Year 1925.and also the mortality rates for the Years 1915-1924.

Table: The following table shows the diseases that proved must fatal in the first year of child life, together with the mortality rates per 1,000 births. Showing the Mortality per 1,000 Births among Infants under one year of age in the ten years 1915-24: and in 1925 from certain specified causes.