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Islington 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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The marriage rate, therefore, of Islington is very nearly identical
with that of last year (17.5), whilst the marriage rate of the whole
United Kingdon has increased from 15.6 to 17 per 1000.
In Austria the marriage rate was 17.7 per 1ooo; in France,
15.70 per 1000; and in Spain 15.0 per 1ooo of the population.
The marriage rate is not to be disregarded in noting the
prosperity of a country generally, or of a neighbourhood in particular.
The extraordinarily low marriage rate of the agricultural counties is
a matter worth considering, especially when we remember that even
the present very low marriage rate shows a decided sign of decrease.
BIRTHS.—TABLE No. III.
| Western District. | Eastern District. | Whole Parish. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female | Total. | |
| 1st Qtr. | 558 | 552 | 1,110 | 654 | 603 | 1,257 | 1,212 | 1,155 | 2,367 |
| 2nd „ | 538 | 502 | 1,040 | 652 | 557 | 1,209 | 1190 | 1.059 | 2,249 |
| 2rd „ | 499 | 488 | 987 | 606 | 604 | 1,210 | I ,105 | 1,092 | 2,197 |
| 4th „ | 487 | 507 | 994 | 663 | 562 | 1,225 | 1,150 | 1,069 | 2,219 |
| Total. | 2,082 | 2,049 | 4,131 | 2,575 | 2,326 | 4,901 | 4,657 | 4,375 | 9,032 |
The birth-rate of Islington is 36.9 per 1000. Of the 9032
children born, 4657 were males, and 4375 females.
I append a table (Table No. 4), exhibiting the total births, the
birth-rate, and the excess of births over registered deaths in Islington
for the past twenty years. I would point out that during this period,
there have only been four years, viz., 1862, 1863, 1871, and 1874,
where the number of female children born, have exceeded the male
children born.
The birth-rate of all England was 36.6 per 1000, and of London
35.7. In Austria the birth-rate is 397; in Spain, 37.00; and in
France, 25.8.
We have further to record this year in Islington a larger
percentage excess of births over deaths than the records of any
previous year show.