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Islington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table XXI.
Showing what the Population of Islington at Nine Age Periods would have been in 1911 if the Sex and Age Distribution had been the same as in 1891.
| Age Petieds. | Males. | Females | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population oi 1911 if based on age distribution of 1891. | Population at middle of 1911 | Difference. | Population of 1911 if based on age distribution of 1891. | Population at middle of 1911. | Difference. | |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 0—5 | 18,653 | 17,008 | -1,645 | 19,962 | 16,686 | -3.276 |
| 5—15 | 33,380 | 29,229 | -4,151 | 34,035 | 29,121 | -4,914 |
| 15—25 | 30,437 | 28,010 | -2,427 | 35,015 | 30,865 | -4,150 |
| 25—35 | 26,834 | 27,475 | + 641 | 29,450 | 30,530 | + 1,080 |
| 35—45 | 19,306 | 21,363 | + 2,057 | 21,270 | 23,823 | + 2,553 |
| 45—55 | 13,090 | 15,621 | + 2,531 | 15,380 | 17,731 | + 2,351 |
| 55—65 | 7,527 | 10,158 | + 2,631 | 10,145 | 12,064 | + 1,919 |
| 65—75 | 3,600 | 5,418 | + 1,818 | 5,563 | 7,485 | + 1,922 |
| 75 and upwards | 1,309 | 1,548 | + 239 | 2,291 | 3.112 | + 821 |
| All ages | 154,136 | 155,830 | + 1,694 | 173,111 | 171,417 | | -1,694 |
This Table may be read as follows:—If the proportion of male persons
living at the age period 0.5 in 1911 had been the same as in 1891, the number
of males living at this age period in 1911 would have been 18,653 instead of
17,008, the actual number, or 1,045 fewer males; and similarly if the proportion
of female persons living at the age period 0.5 in 1911 had been the same as
in 1891 the number of females living at this age period would have been 19,962,
instead of 16,686 the actual number, or 3,270 fewer females.
It is not a little remarkable to notice that the decrease in the proportion
of the population has occurred at all age periods under 25 years, and that the
increase in it at all age periods over that age.
Let us now see how this age re-distribution has affected the mortality.
This can be ascertained by applying the death-rates at each age period in 1911
given in Table XXIII. to the population given in columns 2 and 5 of Table XXI.,
and thereby obtaining the number of deaths that these death-rates represent.