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The births and birth-rates of the Sub-registration Districts were
as follows:—
Tufnell 193 births = 23.50 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Upper Holloway 276 „ = 31.70 „
Tollington 224 „ = 25.77 „
Lower Holloway 273 „ = 26.29 „
Highbury 361 „ = 22.17 „
Barnsbury 433 „ = 31.91 „
Islington South-East 504 „ = 26.60 „
The Borough 2,264 „ = 26.70 „
Deaths.—These numbered 1,383, the lowest figure recorded in any
corresponding quarter during the last eighteen years. They were 307 less than
the corrected average (1,690) of the ten years (1893-1902), and were equal to
an annual death-rate of 16.31 per 1,000, as compared with a mean rate in ten
years for this quarter of the year of 19.93 per 1,000. The decreased mortality
was mainly due to the unusually mild climatic conditions that prevailed during
the quarter. The highest number of deaths occurred in the third week in
January, and the lowest in the second week in March.
In the County of London the death rate was 16.8, and in the Encircling
Districts 16.9 per 1,000.
In the Sub-registration Districts the deaths were as follows:—
Tufnell 107 deaths, Upper Holloway 151, Tollington 140, Lower Holloway 181,
Highbury 229, Barnsbury 249, and Islington South-East 326.
These deaths represented a death-rate of 13.04 in Tufnell, 17.34 in Upper
Holloway, 16.10 in Tollington, 17.43 in Lower Holloway, 14.06 in Highbury.
18.35 in Barnsbury, and 17.20 in South-East Islington.