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Islington 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—TABLE V.

Table H.

Metropolitan Borough of Islington.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1907. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Unde r 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 Months8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All CausesCertified18758513433010584635848554468455145996
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..............1....1........12
Measles..................324566127
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria (including Membra-nous Croup)..........................1....1
Diarrhœal Diseases.Whooping Cough..........454435684553
Diarrhœa, all forms....11277129553686373
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastroenteritis..22376665131611649
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh1..2..31..11..11......19
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth10721l65140122....1............164
Congenital Defects273123348......1..1......47
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation......1131..1..2..........8
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus26'71386416179124223233137
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis............2121..2132317
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes
Mesenterica......11..1322212..2117
Other Tuberculous Diseases......11..2j 13312112623
Other causes.Erysipelas..........11................13
Syphilis....1..1..2..............115
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........1..1111..4....110
Convulsions32161..22113........16
Bronchitis..67417151034663764283
Laryngitis............................1..1
Pneumonia234514141699121513199158153
Suffocation, overlying51118725..............123
Other Causes163312313253573543174
Totals18758513433010584635848554468455145996

[1907