London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Islington 1896

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

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Table B. Showing the Annual Birth and Death Rates, Death-rates of Children, and proportion of Deaths in public Institutions in 1,000 Deaths, for the year 1896 and 13 years preceding:—

Year.Birth-rates per 1,000 ofthe population.Death-rates per 1,000 ofthe population.*Corrected Death-rates per 1,000 ofthe population.Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 5 years per 1,000 ofTotal Deaths.Deaths in public Institutions per 1,000 of Total Deaths.
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.
189628.8217.0918.30150253424244
188334.017.618.8132255435
188434.017.718.9150288462
188532.317.819.0144224446141
188632.517.118.3154278443160
188732.217.618.8160273468145
188830.915.716.8133244425158
188930.615.116.1132250404171
189029.718.019.2158240417158
189130.619.821.2151234407173
189229.518.820.1148233384172
189329.819.520.9163249398190
189428.715.917.0129233401207
189529.617.218.4143245385216
Average of 13 years, 1883-1895.31.117.518.7146249421171 Average of 11 years.

* The Death Rates in column 4 are corrected for sex and age distribution for the
purpose of contrasting them on an equal basis with those of England.