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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1904
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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1904]
BIRTHS.
The births of 8,890 children, of whom 4,453 were males and 4,437 females,
were registered. These are equal to an annual birth-rate of 26.06 per 1000,
which is the lowest birth-rate recorded in the last twenty-eight years, and
probably the lowest which has been known since 1843.
An examination of the figures given on the next page will in this connection
repay perusal.
The following statement gives the birth-rate for the country as well as for some of the most populous places :—
| England and Wales | 27.9 per thousand. |
| 76 Great Towns | 29.1 „ |
| „ „ less London | 29.5 „ |
| 142 Smaller Towns | 27.5 „ |
| London | 27.9 „ |
| Birmingham | 31.6 „ |
| Liverpool | 33.7 „ |
| Manchester | 31.3 „ |
| Leeds | 28.0 „ |
| Sheffield | 32.0 „ |
| Bristol | 26.7 „ |
| St. Pancras | 26.0 „ |
| Stoke Newington | 21.8 „ |
| Hackney | 27.3 „ |
| Hornsey | 19.9 „ |
| Finsbury | 3.4 „ |
| Shoreditch | 32.1 „ |
| The Encircling Districts | 27.5 „ |
| Islington | 2606 „ |
The Births and Birth-rates in the seven sub-districts were as follows:—
| Births. | Birth-rates. | |
|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | 799 | 24.05 |
| Upper Holloway | 1,066 | 30.28 |
| Tollington | 815 | 23.18 |
| Lower Holloway | 1,114 | 26.79 |
| Highbury | 1,423 | 21.65 |
| Barnsbury | 1,672 | 30.85 |
| South East Islington | 2,001 | 26.34 |
| The Borough | 8,890 | 26.06 |