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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 1915
Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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SUMMARY
of Vital Statistics, 1915.
Population (Enumerated at Census 1911 327,403 persons
,, Total, Estimated 1914 (Inclusive of Military) 325,496 persons
„ Civil (Estimated at middle of year) 1915 316,242 persons
Estimated decrease on population, 1911 11,161 persons
Mean Population, ten years (1905-1914) 328,319 persons
Area 3,092 acres
Density 102 persons per acre
Marriages 4.252
Persons married 8,504
Persons married rate 26-12 per 1,000 inhabitants
Births Females 3,685 Persons 7,537
Females 3,685
Birth rate 23.15 per 1,000 inhabitants
Males 2,842
Deaths from All Causes Females 2,681 Persons 5,523
Death rate 17.46 per 1,000 inhabitants
Males 229
Deaths from Principal Epidemic Diseases Females 221 450 persons
Death rate 1.42 per 1,000 inhabitants
Infantile Deaths under 1 year Males 460
Females 345 Total 805
Infantile mortality rate 107 per 1,000 births
Excess of Births over Deaths 2,014