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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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[1916
| Quarters. | No. persons married. | Persons married per 1,000 inhabitants. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916. | 1915. | 1916. | 1915. | |
| First | 1,564 | 1,208 | 18.58 | 14.84 |
| Second | 1,700 | 2,298 | 20.20 | 28.23 |
| Third | 1,390 | 2,482 | 16.52 | 30.50 |
| Fourth | 1,506 | 2,516 | 17.90 | 30.91 |
| The Year | 6,160 | 8,504 | 18.30 | 26.12 |
BIRTHS.
There were 7,262 births registered, of which 3,821 were boys and 3,441
girls. All these children, although borne by mothers living in Islington, were
not, however, born in the Borough, for 251 occurred in the Lying-in Hospital,
Finsbury; and 183, which were afterwards notified to the Medical Officer of
Health by the Registrar-General, occurred in various other places. The
annual birthrate was equal to 2T57 of the population as compared with a mean
birth-rate of 25.29 in the preceding ten years.