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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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21
DEATHS.*
There were 6,391 deaths registered in London of persons who
were parishioners of Islington. Of these 5,859 were registered in the
Parish, and 532 in other parts of London whither they had gone for
treatment in Public Institutions. The deaths comprised 3,201 males
and 3,190 females.
The death-rate was 19.45 per 1,000 of the Eestimated population,
and it exceeded that of the preceding year, when it was 17.52, by 1.93.
The following table gives the number of males, females and
persons who died at nine different age periods, together with the
estimated number of persons living at those ages, and the death-rates.

Table: Table XVIII. Showing the population, deaths and death-rates from all causes at nine age periods of Males, Females and Persons.

Table XVIII. Showing the population, deaths and death-rates from all causes at nine age periods of Males, Females and Persons.

Ages.Males.Females.persons.
PopulationDeaths.Death Rates.Population.Deaths.Death Rates.PopulationDeaths.Death Rates.
0—519,3641,37671.0519,4881,12257.5738,7402,49864.48
5—1533,5511343.9933,9491674.9267,6313014.45
15—2530,4101284.2035,3101203.4065,6592183.77
25—3526,8241927.1529,6552187.3556,4684107.26
35—4519,35528614.7721,58325111.6240,70953713.19
45—5513,24531023.4115,33927718.0528,56158720.15
55—657,48530440.619,79529229.8117,73259633.61
65—753,73727272.795,72839268.449,19266472.21
75 and upwards1,153199172.602,332351150.503,611550152.33
All ages155,1243,20120.63173,1793,19018.41328,3036,39119.45

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*The deaths of 468 persons who had come from other districts of London for treatment
in the Public Institutions of Islington are excluded from these returns.