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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 1909
Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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viii.
SUMMARY
of Vital Statistics, 1909.
| Population (Estimated) | Males | 166,974 | Persons 351,202 | |
| Females | 184,228 | |||
| Estimated increase on population, 1908 | 2,111 persons. | |||
| Area | 3,092 acres. | |||
| Density | 113 persons per acre. | |||
| Marriages | 2,769 | |||
| Persons married | 5.538 | |||
| Persons married rate | 15.77 per 1,000 inhabitants. | |||
| Births | Males 4,238 | J Persons 8,198 | ||
| Females 3,960 | ||||
| Birth rate | 23.34 per 1,000 inhabitants. | |||
| Deaths from All Causes | Males 2,487 | Persons 4,918. | ||
| Females 2,431 | ||||
| Death rate „ „ | 14.00 per 1,000 inhabitants | |||
| Deaths from principal Epidemic Diseases | Males 195 | 418 persons. | ||
| Females 223 | ||||
| Death rate | 1.19 per 1,000 inhabitants. | |||
| Infantile Deaths under 1 year | Males 466 | Total 841. | ||
| Females 375 | ||||
| Infantile mortality rate | 103 per 1,000 births. | |||
| Excess of Births over Deaths | 3,280. | |||