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Islington 1898

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

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[1898
Table XIX.
Showing the Population, together with the Deaths and Death-rates
from All Causes at Nine Age-periods of life among Males, Females
and Persons.
Males,
Females.
Persons.
Ages.
Population.
Deaths.
Death
Rates.
Population.
Deaths.
Death
Itates.
Population.
Deaths.
Death
Rates.
0-5
20,346
1,299
63.84
20,364
1,129
55.44
40,710
2,428
59.64
5-15
3-5,249
76
2.16
35,825
85
2.37
71,074
161
2.26
15—25
31,950
112
3.0O
37,050
84
2.26
69,000
196
2.84
25—35
28,185
153
6.43
31,155
139
4.46
69,340
292
4.92
35—45
20,342
234
11.50
22,438
201
8.96
42,780
435
10.16
45—55
13,908
269
19.31
10,108
228
14.15
30,016
497
16.55
65-65
7,8.59
281
35.75
10,773
279
25.90
18,632
560
30.05
65—75
3,926
274
69.80
5,735
311
54.23
9,661
585
60.55
75 and
upwards
1,213
200
164.87
2,582
351
135.93
3,795
551
145.18
All ages
162,978
2,898
17.78 | 182,030
2,807
15.42
345,008
5,705
16.53
Tho deaths of 5.58 persons who had come from other districts of London for
treatment in the Public Institutions of Islington are excluded from these returns, while the
deaths of 617 persons who had died outside the district are included.
SEASONAL MORTALITY.
The deaths registered and the resulting death-rates therefrom
during the four quarters of the year were as follows :—
Deaths.
Per 1,000
inhabitants.
1st Quarter 1,744 20'21
2nd „ 1,246 14.44
3rd „ 1,439 16.68
4th „ 1,276 14.79
First Quarter.—The deaths, which numbered 1,744, were 56 below
the corrected average of the first quarters of the preceding thirteen yearly
and the death-rate, which was 20.21 per 1,000, was 2.33 below the
mean rate of the same period.
During this quarter Measles and Whooping Cough were unusually
fatal.
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