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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1906

Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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Table: SUMMARY of Vital Statistics, 1906.

SUMMARY of Vital Statistics, 1906.

Population (Estimated)Males 163,524Persons 344,987
Females 181,463
Estimated increase on population, 19051,993 persons.
Area3,092 acres.
Density112 persons per acre.
Marriages2,964
Persons married5,928
Persons married rate17.18 per 1,000 inhabitants.
BirthsMales 4,390Persons 8,659
Females 4,269
Birth rate25.10 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Deaths from All CausesMales 2,593Persons 5,050
Females 2,457
Death rate14.64 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Deaths from principal Epidemic DiseasesMales 298562 persons.
Females 264
Death rate1.63 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Infantile Deaths under 1 yearMales 631Total 1083
Females 452
Infantile mortality rate125 per 1,000 births.
Excess of Births over Deaths3,609