London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1900
Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
This page requires JavaScript
34
1900]
Table XVIII. Showing the Population, together with the Deaths and Death-rates from All Causes at Nine Age-periods of life among Males, Females and Persons.
| Males. | Females. | Persons. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages. | Population. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Population. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Population. | Deaths. | Death Rates. |
| 0-5 | 20,790 | 1,073 | 51.61 | 20,800 | 883 | 42.45 | 41,590 | 1,956 | 47.03 |
| 5—15 | 36,014 | 96 | 2 66 | 36,590 | 87 | 2.37 | 72,604 | 183 | 2.52 |
| 15-25 | 32,642 | 120 | 3.68 | 37,858 | 113 | 2.98 | 70,500 | 233 | 3.30 |
| 25—35 | 28,800 | 188 | 6.53 | 31,821 | 151 | 4.74 | 60,621 | 339 | 5.59 |
| 35-45 | 20,784 | 261 | 12.55 | 22,920 | 219 | 9.55 | 43,704 | 480 | 10.98 |
| 45—55 | 14,213 | 349 | 24.55 | 16,457 | 256 | 15.55 | 30,670 | 605 | 19.72 |
| 55—65 | 8,030 | 325 | 40.47 | 11,010 | 339 | 30.79 | 19,040 | 664 | 34.87 |
| 65—75 | 4,013 | 280 | 69.77 | 5,867 | 398 | 67.82 | 9,880 | 678 | 68.62 |
| 75 and upwards | 1,244 | 273 | 190.51 | 2,638 | 346 | 131.16 | 3,882 | 583 | 150.18 |
| All ages | 166,530 | 2,929 | 17.58 | 185,961 | 2,792 | 15.01 | 352,491 | 5,721 | 16.23 |
The deaths of 599 persons who had come from other districts of London for treatment in
the Public Institutions of Islington are excluded from these returns, while the deaths of 553 persons
who had died outside the district are included.
SEASONAL MORTALITY.
The mortality in the several quarters has already been fully set out in the
quarterly returns which have been issued, from which it appears that the smallest
number of deaths occurred in the third quarter, when 1,221 were registered, and
the highest in the first quarter, when 1,819 were registered. In the second quarter
there were 1,390 deaths, and in the fourth 1,291.
Deaths.
Death Rate.
1900.
Mean
Death Rate
1885-99.
First Quarter 1,819 = 20.64 20.70
Second Quarter 1,390 = 15.77 16.18
Third Quarter 1,221 = 13.85 16.37
Fourth Quarter 1,291 = 14.65 17.94
The Year 5,721 16.23 17.80