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Islington 1907

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

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1907 52
The Infantile Mortality in the Subdistricts of the borough was as
follows:—
Deaths
under
one year.
Births.
Deaths
per 1,000
Births.
Tufnell
95
745
127
Upper Holloway
90
1,023
88
Tollington
100
755
132
Lower Holloway
162
1,094
148
Highbury
137
1,278
107
Barnsbury
211
1,709
123
SouthEast Islington
201
I,927
104
The Borough
996
8,531
117
In England and Wales, in the seven greatest towns, and in the boroughs
surrounding Islington, the infantile mortality rates were as follows :—
England and Wales 118 per 1,000 births.
Rural Districts 106 „
76 Great Towns 127 RS
142 Smaller Towns 122 RS„
London 116 „RS
Birmingham 147 RS„
Liverpool 144 „
Manchester 146 RS„
Leeds 130 RS„
Bristol 100 „
Sheffield 145 RS„
Hornsey 73 „
Stoke Newington 100 RS„
Hackney 112 RS„
Shoreditch 150 RS„
Finsbury 130 „
St. Pancras 108 „
The Encircling Boroughs 116 „
Islington117 „
The
Encircling Boroughs.

Table: Table XXIX.Showing theChief CausesofInfantile Mortalityin the year1907,and in the ten preceding years,1897.1906.

Table XXIX.

Showing theChief CausesofInfantile Mortalityin the year1907,and in the ten preceding years,1897.1906.

Diseases.Years.+ Increase or .Decrease on mean of 10 years.
1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.19041905.1906.Mean 10 years.1907.
Measles126527423724295127363527—8
Whooping Cough586766683876633051305553—2
Diarrhoea1322020814814372832001917115373—80
Syphilis171271710111011139125—7
Tabes Mesenterica554830252625202024172917—12
Phthisis1 51827271816161253169—7
Tubercular Meningitis232930252420201019202217—5
Premature Births174191187176169194174178163144175164—11
OtherDevelop mental Diseases393021364833494348594047+7
Erysipelas2...6323431333.
Inflammation of Brain272516192316181019181910—9
Convulsions604662576869474738245216—36
Bronchitis1291291241191041169078778210583—22
Pneumonia86871121 18123134109101107103108153+45
Dentition212 3162524161811981710—7
Enteritis65105159677043462053927249—23
Gastritis891321212322181514169—7
Suffocation394845433951352723303828—10
Debility767681534065383631305235—17
Marasmus, Atrophy180168204168148127145141107104149102—47
All other Diseases11410810787115851009395869986—13
Totals13381504154813441290121911361140107410831267996—271