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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 1916

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

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Table: Showing theAreas, Densities,andEstimated Populationsof theSub-registration Districtsat the middle of the year1914.

Showing theAreas, Densities,andEstimated Populationsof theSub-registration Districtsat the middle of the year1914.

Sub-Districts.Area in AcresEstimated Acres to a person, 1914.Estimated Persons to an Acre, 1914.Estimated Population Mid-year 1914.Population at Census 1911.Increase or Decrease on Census.
Tufnell4110.01218333,92033,526+394
Upper Holloway2990.007912737,93037,116+814
Tollington3150.01079429,76830,609-841
Lower Holloway4140.01079438,83739,362-525
Highbury7540.01327657,26962,004-4,735
Barnsbury3100.005917052,64853,011-363
South-East Islington5890.007812875,12471,775+3,349
The Borough3,0920.0095105325,496327,403-1,907

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MARRIAGES.
Marriages, 3,080; Marriage Rate, 18.30.—The number of persons
married was 6,160, as contrasted with 8,504 in the preceding year, which is a
decrease of 2,444. The marriage rate was 18.30 per thousand inhabitants, as
compared with 26.12 in 1915.
The following statement shows the figures for the previous ten years
1906-15, and in 1916.
Years. Marriages. Marriage Rate.
1906 2,964 I7.91
1907 2,962 17.94
1908 2,781 16.56
1909 2,769 16.84
1910 2,870 17.50
1911 2,843 17.37
1912 3,091 18.94
1913 2,984 17.98
1914 3,188 19.59
1915 4,252 26.12
1916 3,080 18.30