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Islington 1904
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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1904]
Table E.
Metropolitan Borough of Islington.
VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1904 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Non-Residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | ||||||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Heath Rate.* | Number. | Death Rate.* | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| 1894 | 330,485 | 9,502 | 28.7 | 1,229 | 129 | 5,091 | 15.4 | 1,090 | 370 | 542 | 5,263 | 15.9 | |
| 1895 | 334,058 | 9,879 | 29.6 | 1,416 | 143 | 5,733 | 17.2 | 1,245 | 497 | 524 | 5,760 | 17.2 | |
| 1896 | 337,666 | 9,921 | 28.8 | 1,490 | 150 | 5,749 | 16.7 | 1,434 | 523 | 658 | 5,884 | 17.1 | |
| 1897 | 337,197 | 9,842 | 29.2 | 1,338 | 136 | 5,370 | 15.9 | 1,295 | 541 | 566 | 5,395 | 16.0 | |
| 1898 | 336,727 | 9,453 | 28.1 | 1,504 | 159 | 5,746 | 17.1 | 1,327 | 558 | 517 | 5,705 | 16.9 | |
| 1899 | 336,259 | 9,658 | 28.7 | 1,548 | 160 | 6,395 | 19.0 | 1,586 | 695 | 593 | 6,293 | 18.7 | |
| 1900 | 335,892 | 9,254 | 27.5 | 1,344 | 145 | 5,767 | 17.2 | 1,542 | 599 | 553 | 5,721 | 17.0 | |
| 1901 | 335,325 | 9,264 | 27.6 | 1,290 | 139 | 5,222 | 15.6 | 1,394 | 491 | 630 | 5,361 | 15.9 | |
| 1902 | 337,268 | 9,214 | 26.8 | 1,219 | 132 | 5,530 | 16.1 | 1,541 | 632 | 737 | 5,635 | 16.4 | |
| 1903 | 339,137 | 8,983 | 26.5 | 1,136 | 126 | 4,772 | 14.1 | 1,472 | 560 | 627 | 4,839 | 14.3 | |
| A verages for yrs. 1894-1903 | 336,001 | 9,497 | 28.1 | 1,351 | 142 | 5,537 | 16.4 | 1,393 | 547 | 595 | 5,585 | 16.5 | |
| 1904 | 341,044 | 8,890 | 260 | 1,177 | 132 | 5,241 | 15.4 | 1,619 | 632 | 627 | 5,236 | 15.3 | |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the
year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths included in column 12
are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the
addition of the number in Column 11.
By the tern "non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness
or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons
who have been taken out 01 the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public
institutions elsewhere.
The "Public Institutions" to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those
into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals,
workhouses, and lunatic asylums.
Area of District in
acres (exclusive of
area covered by
water)
3,085
Total population at all ages, 334,991
Number of inhabited houses, 38,645
Average number of persons per house, 8 6
At Census
of 1901