Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-second annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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17 [1897
The birth-rates of the towns whose populations are greater than that of Islington were all higher than the rate of this Parish, and were as follows:—
The birth-rates of the towns whose populations are greater than that of Islington were all higher than the rate of this Parish, and were as follows:— | |
Birmingham | 33.3 per 1,000. |
Liverpool | 35.3 „ |
Manchester | 33.2 „ |
Leeds | 31.6 „ |
Sheffield | 34.4 „ |
In the three succeeding Tables full particulars are given as to the
births and birth-rates in the several quarters of the year, to which are
added for comparative purposes the birth-rates that obtained in London
and in the 33 Great Towns.
Table X.
Quarter. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth Rate. | Birth Rates. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1896. | London, 1897. | 33 Great Towns, 1897 | |||||
1st | 1,323 | 1,247 | 2,570 | 30.12 | 29.22 | 31.1 | 31.7 |
2nd | 1,228 | 1,164 | 2,392 | 28.03 | 28.77 | 29.1 | 30.0 |
3rd | 1,246 | 1,194 | 2,440 | 28.59 | 27.20 | 30.3 | 31.1 |
4th | 1,248 | 1,192 | 2,440 | 28.59 | 30.01 | 29.5 | 30.1 |
The Year | 5,045 | 4,797 | 9,842 | 28.83 | 28.82 | 30.0 | 30.7 |
1896 | 5,054 | 4,867 | 9,921* | 28.82* | 28.83 | 30.2 | 30.7 |
Increase or decrease on 1896 | —9 | —70 | —79 | +0.01 | —.01 | 0.2 | — |
* 53 weeks
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