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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 1897

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

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Table: Table A. Showing the population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, andDeaths for the year 1897, and 14 years preceding. gross numbers.

Table A. Showing the population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, andDeaths for the year 1897, and 14 years preceding. gross numbers.

The Year.Estimated Population.No. of Inhabited Houses.MarriagesRegistered Births.Number of Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions
Total all ages.Under one year.Under five.
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1897341,31940,0793,0009,8425,3951,3382,0171,295
1883290,7112,3719,8885,1401,3122,239442
1884294,2672,39410,0115,2291,5062,420391
1885297,8672,2799,6435,7401,3872,377810
1886301,5122,1779,8145,4341,5122,289817
1887305,1122,2369,7265,6991,5572,530832
1888308,9362,2669,5685,1971,2712,067823
1889312,7132,4439,5595,0351,2611,924864
1890316,5432,4859,4196,1981,4882,390984
1891319,99137,8752,7419,7976,3261,4812,3881,095
1892323,45138,1832,7839,5526,0751,4172,1861,050
1893326,95838,5952,6539,7496,3911,5952,4981,128
1894330,48539,0152,6949,5025,2631,2292,1141,090
1895334,05839,4402,6809,8795,7601,4162,2191,245
1896337,66139,8602,9699,9215,8841,4902,4981,434
Average of 14 years.314,3052,5129,7165,6691,4232,295929

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Notes.—1. Population of Census, 1891 = 319,143 = { 150,760 Males.
168,383 Femles.
2. Average number of persons in each house at Census, 1891 = 8 47.
3. Area of Parish in acres = 3,109.
4. Average number of persons living on each acre at Census, 1891 = 102.
5. „ „ „ in 1897 = 109.,