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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1897 26
| Years. | Populations. | Deaths. | Death-Rates. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual. | As Estimatedby Medical Officerof Health. | Entered in the Parish Registers. | As statedin Medical Officer ofHealth's Reports. | As Distributed by Registrar General. | Calculated on Figures, Columns 1 and 3. | Calculated on Figures as statedbyMedical Officer of Health, Columns 2 and 4. | RealDeath-rate, calculated on Figures in Columns 1 and 5. | |
| Columns | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1871 | 215,243 | 214,932 | 5,048 | 4,923 | Not distributed. | 23.5 | 22.9 | .. |
| 1872 | 221,345 | 220,807 | 4,196 | 4,231 | 19.0 | 19.2 | .. | |
| 1873 | 227,620 | 226,682 | 4,156 | 4,637 | 18.3 | 20.4 | .. | |
| 1874 | 234,073 | 236,899 | 4,816 | 4,680 | 20.6 | 19.7 | .. | |
| 1875 | 240,709 | 244,680 | 4,833 | 4,656 | 20.1 | 19.0 | .. | |
| 1876 | 247,533 | 252,790 | 4,969 | 4,789 | 20.1 | 18.9 | .. | |
| 1877 | 254,545 | 260,900 | 5,111 | 4,838 | 20.1 | 18.5 | .. | |
| 1878 | 261,767 | 269,350 | 5,376 | 5,158 | 20.5 | 19.1 | .. | |
| 1879* | 269,188 | 277,363 | 5,456 | 5,321 | 20.3 | 19.2 | .. | |
| 1880 | 276,819 | 286,358 | 5,716 | 5,286 | 20.6 | 18.5 | .. | |
| 1871-80 (mean) | 244,884 | 249,076 | 4,967 | 4,851 | .. | 20.3 | 19.5 | .. |
| 1881 | 283,721 | 284,873 | 5,617 | 5,116 | .. | 19.8 | 18.0 | .. |
| 1882 | 287,191 | 292,963 | 5,643 | 5,264 | .. | 19.6 | 18.0 | .. |
| 1883 | 290,711 | 301,283 | 5,561 | 5,140 | .. | 19.1 | 17.1 | .. |
| 1884 | 294,267 | 309,839 | 5,515 | 5,229 | .. | 18.7 | 16.9 | .. |
| 1885 | 297,867 | 318,638 | 5,729 | 5,323 | 5,740 | 19.2 | 16.7 | 19.3 |
| 1886 | 301,512 | 327,687 | 5,510 | 5,159 | 5,434 | 18.3 | 15.7 | 18.0 |
| 1887 | 305,112 | 336,993 | 5,756 | 5,400 | 5,699 | 18.9 | 16.0 | 18.7 |
| 1888 | 308,936 | 346,563 | 5,206 | 4,864 | 5,197 | 16.9 | 14.0 | 16.8 |
| 1889 | 312,713 | 356,405 | 5,093 | 4,752 | 5,035 | 16.3 | 13.3 | 16.1 |
| 1890* | 316,543 | 366,526 | 5,962 | 5,718 | 6,198 | 18.8 | 15.6 | 19.6 |
| 1881-90 (mean) | 299,857 | 324,177 | 5,559 | 5,196 | 5,550 1885-90 (mean) | 18.5 | 16.0 | 18.1 1885-90 (mean) |
| 1891 | 319,991 | 320,418 | 6,326 | 5,857 | 6,326 | 19.8 | 18.3 | 19.8 |
| 1892 | 323,451 | 324,339 | 5,983 | 5,685 | 6,075 | 18.5 | 17.5 | 18.8 |
| 1893 | 326,958 | 328,303 | 6,317 | 6,391 | 6,405 | 19.3 | 19.5 | 19.6 |
| 1894 | 330,485 | 331,901 | 5,111 | 5,263 | 5,266 | 15.5 | 15.9 | 15.9 |
| 1895 | 334,058 | 335,932 | 5,780 | 5,760 | 5,753 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 17.2 |
| 1896* | 337,661 | 337,661 | 5,748 | 5,884 | 5,871 | 17.0 | 17.1 | 17.4 |
| 1891-96 (mean) | 328,767 | 329,759 | 5,877 | 5,807 | 5,949 | 17.9 | 17.6 | 18.1 |
* 53 weeks in the year.