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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 1896

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

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Table: Table II.Showing the estimated number of Persons living in the Parish at the middle of 1896, at nine different Age Periods, and distinguishingMales and Females.1896.

Table II.Showing the estimated number of Persons living in the Parish at the middle of 1896, at nine different Age Periods, and distinguishingMales and Females.1896.

Ages.Males.Females.Persons.
0—519,25220,59339,845
5-1534,44035,12169,561
15—2531,40536,12567,530
25—3527,69130,38858,079
35-4519,92421,94641,870
45-5513,50715,87029,377
55—657,76610,46718,233
65—753,7145,7409,454
75 and upwards1,3572,3553,712
All ages159,056178,605337,661

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The population of the several districts at the middle of the year
are estimated to have been as follows:—

Table: Table III.

Table III.

Upper Holloway98,682 persons
Islington, South-west107,457 „
„ South-east66,671 „
Highbury64,851 „
The Parish337,661 „

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It is on these figures that the several birth-rates and death-rates
have been calculated. A correction, however, has been made owing to
the registration year containing 53 weeks, as otherwise the rates could
not be compared with preceding years in which there were only
52 weeks.