View report page

31
[1903
Islington stood fifteenth in order of the crude death-rate and twelfth in
order of the corrected death-rate. It showed too a lower death-rate than
Bristol (14.3), Birmingham (17.8), Liverpool (20.5), Manchester (19.7),
Leeds (16.6) and Sheffield (18.6).
The Mortality in the Sub-Registration Districts.—In each SubDistrict
the returns exhibited a reduced mortality on the preceding year. Thus
there were 51 fewer deaths in Tufnell registration sub-district, 70 in Upper
Holloway, 90 in Tollington, 96 in Lower Holloway, 149 in Highbury, 141 in
Barnsbury, and 199 in Islington South-East.

Some of these death-rates are extraordinarily low, and all compare very
favourably with those of the same districts for 1902.
Mortality in the Wards.—The death-rates of the several wards varied
considerably ranging from 11.86 per 1,000 in Mildmay, 12.57 in Tollington,
and 12.85 in Highbury to 15.36 in Upper Holloway, 15.78 in Barnsbury, and
17.05 in Thornhill. In St. Mary's the death-rate was 13.70, in Canonbury
13.80, in Lower Holloway 14.87, and in St. Peter's 15.28.
The Mortality among Males and Females.—There were 2,523 deaths
among the male population, which represent a death-rate of 15.64 per 1,000,
while among the female population there were 2,316 deaths, equal to a rate of
13.01 per 1,000.
The Mortality at the Several Periods of Life.—The death-rate
among children under 5 years of age was 45.91 per 1,000; from 5-15, 2.22;
15-25,2.98; 25-35,4.84; 35-45,8.83; 45-55,15.57; 55-65,26.04; 65-75,55.51;
and among old people above 75 years of age, 127.23 per 1,000. It is noticeable
that the death-rate in each period from 15-25 onwards nearly doubles itself in
each succeeding period of life. (Vide Table XVI).