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be in former years This question has been discussed in many of these
reports, and, therefore, it is not necessary to go into the matter more fully
now Suffice it to say that there are few people who do not believe that
such a decrease is due solely to a deliberate intention on the part of married
women to avoid childbearing, in which they are encouraged by their husbands
Whether such action on their part is right or wrong is one that has been
argued, for and against, by moralists and social economists, but whatever
may be their opinion on the subject, it is certain that the decay of nearly all
nations has followed the diminution of their birth-rates
The birth-rate of the year, calculated on the basis of the recent census,
was 25.01 per 1,000 of the population
Sexes of the Infants.- 4,196 of the infants that were born were males
and 4,005 were females The females were, therefore, in proportion of 100 to
every 105 males
In the Quarters —In the first quarter there were 2,221 births; in the
second 2,088 ; in the third 2,043 ; and in the fourth 1,949
In the Sub-Districts —In Tufnell there were 741 births, of which 378
were males and 363 were females. In Upper Holloway 985 births were
registered, 495 being males and 490 females; in Tollington 724, of which 377
were males and 347 were females; in Lower Holloway 1,050 births, of which
males and females were equal in number, viz 525 Highbury was credited
with 1,271 births, of which 673 were males and 598 females In Barnsbury
there were 1,545 births, of which 783 were males and 762 females And
lastly in Islington South-East there were 1,885 births registered, of which 965
were males and 920 were females
It may be noted that the births in Tufnell sub-district were fewer than in
any year since 1903, when 740 were registered Again, in Upper Holloway
the return of births was the lowest since it became a separate sub-registration
district In Tollington the 724 births, although above the number registered
in 1909, were below those of the preceding seven years In Lower Holloway the
1,050 births were the fewest in number recorded since 1902 In Highbury the
1,271 births present a similar tale, while in Barnsbury the 1,545 births, although
52 above the return of the preceding year, were below the returns from 1902
to 1908 In South-East Islington the 1,885 births, although 22 above the
the return for 1909, were nevertheless below that of the preceding years