London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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25 [1897
Table XV.
| Years. | Populations. | Deaths. | Death-Rates. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual. | As Estimated by Medical Officerof Health. | Entered in the Parish Registers. | As statedin Medical OfficerofHealth's Reports. | As Distributed by Registrar General. | Calculated on Figures, Columns 1 and 3. | Calculated on Figures as statedMedical Officer of Health, Columns 2 and 4. | Real Death-rate, calculated on Figures in Columns 1 and 5. | |
| Columns | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1851 | 96,411 | - | 2,082 | No Medical Officer of Health. | Not distributed. | 21.6 | No Medical Officer of Health. | - |
| 1852 | 101,245 | - | 2,086 | 20.6 | - | |||
| 1853 | 106,322 | - | 2,395 | 22.5 | - | |||
| 1854 | 111,652 | - | 2,800 | 25.1 | - | |||
| ٭1855 | 117,251 | - | 2,680 | 22.9 | - | |||
| 1856 | 123,130 | 135,000 | 2,677 | 2,436 | 21.7 | 18.0 | - | |
| 1857 | 129,303 | 143,000 | 2,586 | 2,556 | 20.0 | 17.7 | - | |
| 1858 | 135,818 | Not stated | 2,777 | 2,791 | 20.4 | Notstated | - | |
| 1859 | 142,628 | - | 2,898 | 2,811 | 20.3 | Do. | - | |
| 1860 | 149,779 | - | 3,028 | 2,992 | 20.2 | Do. | - | |
| 1851-60 (mean) | 121,353 | 139,000 | 2,600 | 2,717 | - | - | - | - |
| 1861 | 156,585 | 157,130 | 3,123 | 3,150 | Not distributed. | 19.9 | 20.0 | - |
| 1862 | 161,664 | 164,986 | 3,496 | 3,217 | 21.6 | 19.4 | - | |
| 1863 * | 166,906 | 173,235 | 4,340 | ٭4,023 | 26.0 | 22.7 | - | |
| 1864 | 172,319 | 181,896 | 4,594 | ٭4,077 | 26.0 | 22.4 | - | |
| 1865 | 177,907 | 181,897 | 4,617 | 4,035 | 29.9 | 22.2 | - | |
| 1866 | 183,677 | 190,992 | 5,154 | 4,424 | 28.1 | 23.2 | - | |
| 1867 | 189,634 | 200,541 | 4,509 | 4,009 | 23.8 | 20.0 | - | |
| 1868 | 195,784 | 210,568 | 4,886 | 4,457 | 24.9 | 20.7 | - | |
| 1869 | 202,134 | Not stated | 4,937 | 4,502 | 24.4 | Notstated | - | |
| 1870 | 208,688 | 208,7092 | 5,078 | 4,618 | 24.3 | 22.2 | - | |
| 1861-70 (mean) | 181,529 | 185,550 | 4,473 | 4,051 | - | - | - | - |
٭ 63 weaks in the year.
2 Calculated after Census of 1871 was taken.