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Islington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1911
Thus, for instance, in the Table last mentioned, the population at the age
period 0 5 in column 2 is given as 18,553, and if this number be multiplied by
48.50, the death-rate among males at this period of life, and then divided by
1,000, the number of deaths, which in this case is 905, is ascertained:
1,000 : 48.50 :: 18,653 : 905
| Males. | Females. | Persons. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Periods. | Deaths based on the age distribution of 1891. | Actual Deaths. | Difference. | Deaths based on the age distribution of 1891 | Actual Deaths. | Difference. | Deaths based on the age distribution of 1891. | Actual Deaths. | Difference. |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| -80 | |||||||||
| -12 | -a | ||||||||
| -7 | |||||||||
| +4 | |||||||||
| All ages | |||||||||
This Table shows that the aggregate number of deaths based on the 1891
age distribution would have been 4,483 (2,258 males and 2,225 females), as
against 4,810 (2,449 males and 2,361 females), the actual number that occurred
in 1911, so that it is apparent that the changes in the distribution of the ages
and sex of the population have resulted in 327 deaths more than would have
occurred if the age and sex incidence had remained stationary; and that
they have detrimentally affected the death-rate of 1911 to the extent of 1-0 per