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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 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 1897 and 14 years preceding:-

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 1897 and 14 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 of Total DeathsDeaths in public Institutions per 1,000 of Total Deaths.
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.
189728.8315.8016.90136248374240
188334.017.618.813225543586
188434.017.718.915028846275
188532.319.320.6144224446141
188632.518.019.3154278443150
188731.918.720.0160273468145
188830.916.818.0133244425158
188930.516.117.2132250404171
189029.719.621.0158240417158
189130.619.821.2151234407173
189229.518.820.1148233384172
189329.819.520.9163249398190
189428.715.917.0129233401207
189529.617.218.4143245385216
189628.817.118.3150253424244
Average of 14 years, 1883-1896.30.918.019.3146250421163

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* 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.