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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 1898

Forty-third 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, and Deaths for the year 1898, and 15 years preceding. GROSS NUMBERS.

Table A. Showing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths for the year 1898, and 15 years preceding. GROSS NUMBERS.

The Year.Estimated Population.No. of Inhabited Houses.Marriages.Registered Births.Number of Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions
Total all ages.Under one year.Under five.
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189834500842,6723,2059,4535,7051,5042,4281,327
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
1887305,1122,2369,7265,6991,5572,531832
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
1897341,31940,0793,0009,3425,3951,3382,0171,295
Average of 15 years.316,1062,5469,7255,6511,4172,277953

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Notes.—1. Population of Census, 1891 =. 319,143 = 150,760 Males
168.383 Females
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.
6. „ „ „ in 1898 — 111.