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Islington 1911

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

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1911]
14
These changes have been going on slowly, but very surely, for the past
twenty or thirty years. They are not the fruition of to-day or yesterday, but
of many years. This is very apparent in the figures which are given in Table
V., which reduces the number ascertained at the last four censuses to a common
basis:—

Table: Table V.Showing the Number of People living at Nine Groups of Ages in every Thousand of the Population in 1881, 1891, 1901, and 1911.

Table V.

Showing the Number of People living at Nine Groups of Ages in every Thousand of the Population in 1881, 1891, 1901, and 1911.

Census Years.AGE PERIODS OF LIFE.
0-5—15—25—35—45— 55—65—7575 and upwards.
188113320G19317212280522710
189111820620017212487542811
190110818519918213093603112
1911103178180177138102684014

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Here we see that among the children under five years of age there has
been the very considerable decrease between 1881 and 1911 of 30 in every
thousand of the population, and that that decrease has been steadily maintained
at each census.
Again, in the age period 10-15, the Table shows that since 1881 there has
been a fall of 28 in every thousand of the population, and that the decrease
has been continuous since 1891.
Again, in the age period 15-25, there has been a decrease of 18 persons
in every thousand of the population as compared with 1881, although the proportion
was fairly stationary in 1891 and 1901.
At the age period 25-35 there has been a fall of the proportion in every
thousand of the population living at this age from 172 to 177, although the
proportion in 1901 unaccountably rose to 182.
Now comes a change, for after thirty-five years of age had passed the
proportion of people living at each period of life shows a steady increase since
1881