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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1893

Thirty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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Table: Table XV. Showing the births of males and females in each quarter in the several sub-registration districts.

Table XV. Showing the births of males and females in each quarter in the several sub-registration districts.

Upper Holloway.Islington South-west.Islington South-east.Highbury.Whole Parish.
Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
1st. Qr.3433426854674328992692335022231834061,3021,1902,492
2nd”3743617354264408662472324792232064291,2701,2392,509
3rd”3473416883984028002662415071972023991,2081,1862,394
4th„3323286604333888212802265062071603671,2521,1022,354
Total.1,3961,3722,7681,7241,6623,3861,0629321,9948507511,6015,0324,7179,749

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The following table has been prepared for the purpose of enabling
a comparison to be made between the Islington Birth-rates and those
of other large communities.

Table: Table XVI. Showing the Birth-rates in each quarter and for the year in Islington, in London and in the33 large Towns.

Table XVI. Showing the Birth-rates in each quarter and for the year in Islington, in London and in the33 large Towns.

Sub-Districts.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Year.
Upper Holloway28.7030.7928.8227.6528.92
Islington, South-West33.8032.5630.0830.8631.75
Islington, South-East30.9829.5531.2831.2230.67
Highbury26.7128.2226.2524.1426.24
The Parish30.4030.6029.2028.7129.69
London32.730.730.629.731.0
33 Large Towns33.232.231.530.531.9

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The low birth-rate of the district is curious because the number
of persons living at that period of life, namely, between twenty-five and
forty-fire years of age, is proportionately greater than in any of the
districts specified in Table XI.
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