Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 XXIX.
Diseases. | Years. | + Increase or .Decrease on mean of 10 years. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904 | 1905. | 1906. | Mean 10 years. | 1907. | |||
Measles | 12 | 65 | 27 | 42 | 37 | 24 | 29 | 51 | 27 | 36 | 35 | 27 | — | 8 |
Whooping Cough | 58 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 38 | 76 | 63 | 30 | 51 | 30 | 55 | 53 | — | 2 |
Diarrhoea | 13 | 220 | 208 | 148 | 143 | 72 | 83 | 200 | 19 | 171 | 153 | 73 | — | 80 |
Syphilis | 17 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 5 | — | 7 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 55 | 48 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 29 | 17 | — | 12 |
Phthisis | 1 5 | 18 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 9 | — | 7 |
Tubercular Meningitis | 23 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 17 | — | 5 |
Premature Births | 174 | 191 | 187 | 176 | 169 | 194 | 174 | 178 | 163 | 144 | 175 | 164 | — | 11 |
OtherDevelop mental Diseases | 39 | 30 | 21 | 36 | 48 | 33 | 49 | 43 | 48 | 59 | 40 | 47 | + | 7 |
Erysipelas | 2 | ... | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | |
Inflammation of Brain | 27 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 10 | — | 9 |
Convulsions | 60 | 46 | 62 | 57 | 68 | 69 | 47 | 47 | 38 | 24 | 52 | 16 | — | 36 |
Bronchitis | 129 | 129 | 124 | 119 | 104 | 116 | 90 | 78 | 77 | 82 | 105 | 83 | — | 22 |
Pneumonia | 86 | 87 | 112 | 1 18 | 123 | 134 | 109 | 101 | 107 | 103 | 108 | 153 | + | 45 |
Dentition | 21 | 2 3 | 16 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 10 | — | 7 |
Enteritis | 65 | 105 | 159 | 67 | 70 | 43 | 46 | 20 | 53 | 92 | 72 | 49 | — | 23 |
Gastritis | 8 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 9 | — | 7 |
Suffocation | 39 | 48 | 45 | 43 | 39 | 51 | 35 | 27 | 23 | 30 | 38 | 28 | — | 10 |
Debility | 76 | 76 | 81 | 53 | 40 | 65 | 38 | 36 | 31 | 30 | 52 | — | 17 | |
Marasmus, Atrophy | 180 | 168 | 204 | 168 | 148 | 127 | 145 | 141 | 107 | 104 | 149 | 102 | — | 47 |
All other Diseases | 114 | 108 | 107 | 87 | 115 | 85 | 100 | 93 | 95 | 86 | 99 | 86 | — | 13 |
Totals | 1338 | 1504 | 1548 | 1344 | 1290 | 1219 | 1136 | 1140 | 1074 | 1083 | 1267 | 996 | — | 271 |