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Islington 1904

Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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40
1904]

The Infantile Mortality in the Sub-Registration Districts was as follows:—

Deaths under one year.BirthsDeaths per 1,000 Births.
Tufnell113799141
Upper Holloway981,06692
Tollington104815128
Lower Holloway1801,114161
Highbury1401,42398
Barnsbury2371,672142
South-East Islington2682,001134
The Borough1,1408,890128

In England and Wales, in the seven principal great towns, and in the boroughs surrounding Islington, the infantile mortality rates were as follows:—

England and Wales146 per 1,000 births.
Rural Districts125 „
76 Great Towns160 „
142 Smaller Towns154 „
London144 „
Birmingham197 „
Liverpool196 ,,
Manchester187 „
Leeds175 „
Bristol134 „
Sheffield158 „
The Encircling BoroughsHornsey87 „
Stoke Newington114 „
Hackney142 „
Shoreditch188 „
Finsbury140 „
St. Pancras150 „
The Encircling Boroughs146 „
Islington128 „