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Islington 1903
Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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The Ages at Death.—There died 1,136 infants under one year old, or
23.9 per cent. of the total mortality; between one and five years of age 538
children died, or in per cent.; between 15-25, 201, or 4.2 per cent.; between
25-35, 299, or 6.2 per cent.; between 35-45, 390, or 8.1 per cent.; between 45-55,
491, or 10.1 percent.; between 55-65, 533, or 11.0 percent.; between 65-75,
577, or 11.9 per cent.; and above 75 years of age, 535 persons died, or 11.11 per
cent. of the total deaths. (Vide Table XV.)
It is satisfactory to find that at every age period with the exception of from
85-95, there was a decrease in the mortality when compared with the preceding
years. These differences are set out in Table XV., to which reference
should be made.
SEASONAL MORTALITY.
It has been the good fortune of your Medical Officer of Health to be able
to say in his quarterly reports that each quarter's death-rate had been under
the average of all preceding quarters, and that three of them were actually the
lowest hitherto recorded in the borough.
The particulars for each period are as follows:—
| Quarters. | 1903 | Mean Death-rate, 1885-1902. | Decrease in Death-rate. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death-rates. | |||
| First | 1,383 | 20.65 | 4.34 | |
| Second | 1,226 | 16.09 | 1.63 | |
| Third | 1,031 | 16.06 | 3.90 | |
| Fourth | 1,199 | 17.81 | 3.67 | |
| Year- | 4,839 | 17.65 | 3.39 | |
The death-rare of 16.31 in the first quarter, of 12.16 in the third,
and of 14.14 in the fourth were the lowest rates hitherto recorded in the
several quarters to which they relate, while that of the second quarter was only
lower on one occasion, namely in 1897.
Further particulars are given in Tables XVIII., XIX., XX., XXI. and
XXII.