[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough] page 3

Islington 1927

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

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1927
MARRIAGES.
Marriages, 2,844; Marriage Rate, 17.0.—The number of person
married was 5,688, as contrasted with 5,498 in the preceding year, which is an
increase of 190. The marriage rate was 17.0 per thousand inhabitants, as compared
with 16.2 in 1926.

Table: The following statement shows the figures for the previous ten years 1917-26.

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The following statement shows the figures for the previous ten years 1917-26.

Years.	Marriages.	Marriage Rate.	Years.	Marriages.	Marriage Rate.
1917	2,689	16.23	1922	2,877	17.23
1918	2,971	18.51	1923	2,764	16.42
1919	3,306	19.28	1924	2,872	17.03
1920	3,370	20.05	1925	2,788	16.44
1921	3,141	18.86	1926	2,749	16.21

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BIRTHS.
During the year there was 6,108 live births registered, of which' 3,104 were
boys and 3,004 girls. Of this number, however, 1,779 were born of mothers
living in Islington, although they were confined in Lying-in Institutions, and in
other homes situated outside the Borough. The annual birth-rate was equal
to 18.3 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with a meant birth-rate of 20.6
im the preceding ten years.
There has been a steady decline in the birth-rate since the year 19120, when
it was 27.9.

Table: Showing theBirths (distinguishing Males and Females) andBirth-ratesof Islington in1927,and in the four quarters of the year and of the County ofLondonand theGreat Townsduring the same period: also in the year1926 ;together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the10years1917-1926.

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Showing theBirths (distinguishing Males and Females) andBirth-ratesof Islington in1927,and in the four quarters of the year and of the County ofLondonand theGreat Townsduring the same period: also in the year1926 ;together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the10years1917-1926.

					Birth Rates.
Quarter.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Islington, 1927.	Islington, 1917-26.	London, 1927.	107 Great Towns, 1927.
First	812	776	1,588	19.0	21.4	17.2	18.0
Second	790	782	1,572	18.8	21.1	17.4	18.2
Third	798	756	1,554	18.6	20.2	16.4	17.2
Fourth	704	690	1,394	16.7	19.9	15.2	16.1
The Year 1927	3,104	3,004	*6,108	18.3	20.6	16.1	17.1
1926	3,283	3,172	6,455	19.0	18.3	17.1	18.2
Increase or decrease	— 179	— 168	— 347	1 — 0.7	— 2.3	— 1.0	— 1.1

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* These include 1,779 births which occurred in Lying-in Institutions, etc., outside the Borough.
N.B.—The total registered births given by the Registrar-General for the Calendar year, 1927,
will be found at the foot of table on p. 9.

Table: Showing theBirthsof Malts and Females and the Birth-rates in each quarter and for the year, 1927,and in the severalSub-Registration Districts.

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Showing theBirthsof Malts and Females and the Birth-rates in each quarter and for the year, 1927,and in the severalSub-Registration Districts.

	Tufnell.				Upper Holloway.				Tollington.				Lower Holloway.
	Males.	Females	Total.	Birth rates.	Males.	Females	Total.	Birth rates.	Males.	Females	Total.	Birthrates.	Males.	Females	Total.	Birth rates.
1st Quarter	73	65	138	16.3	110	116	226	28.5	67	66	133	17.2	99	82	181	17.4
2nd	72	78	150	17.7	107	93	200	25.2	63	64	127	16.4	87	92	179	17.2
3rd	67	63	130	15.4	122	93	215	27.1	54	59	113	14.6	81	82	163	15.7
4th „	50	53	103	12.2	101	104	205	25.8	56	64	120	15.5	82	84	166	16.0
Year	262	259	521	15.4	440	406	846	26.7	240	253	493	15.9	349	340	689	16.6

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Table: The following statement shows the figures for the previous ten years 1917-26.

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Table: Showing theBirths (distinguishing Males and Females) andBirth-ratesof Islington in1927,and in the four quarters of the year and of the County ofLondonand theGreat Townsduring the same period: also in the year1926 ;together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the10years1917-1926.

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Table: Showing theBirthsof Malts and Females and the Birth-rates in each quarter and for the year, 1927,and in the severalSub-Registration Districts.