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 Borough]
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SECTION A GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS
Area of the Borough | 3, 092 acres | |||||||
Population Registrar-General's estimate of civilian population | ||||||||
Mid-year 1961: | 227, 170 | |||||||
Live Births | BIRTH RATE PER 1,000 ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION | |||||||
Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||||||
Legitimate | 4, 674 | 2, 405 | 2, 269 | |||||
Illegitimate | 738 | 390 | 348 | |||||
5, 412 | 2, 795 | 2,617 | 23.8 | 0.91 | 21.7 | 17.4 | ||
Illegitimate live births per cent of | ||||||||
total | live births | 13.6 | ||||||
Still Births | RATE PER 1,000 TOTAL (LIVE AND STILL) BIRTHS | |||||||
Legitimate | 79 | 50 | 29 | |||||
Illegitimate | 13 | 7 | 6 | |||||
92 | 57 | 35 | 16.7 | 19. 1 | ||||
Total live and Still Births | 5, 504 | |||||||
Notifications of Births | ||||||||
For the year ended 31st December, 1961. | 5, 394 (corrected figure from | |||||||
L. | C.C.) | |||||||
Marriages | ||||||||
(Provisional figures | ||||||||
Marriages solemnised in the Borough the year | 2, 404 |