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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]

Table: Showing theBirths(distinguishing Males and Females) andBirth-ratesof Islington in1916,and in the four quarters of the year and of the County ofLondonand theGreat Townsduring the same period; also in the year1915;together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the years1906-1915.

Showing theBirths(distinguishing Males and Females) andBirth-ratesof Islington in1916,and in the four quarters of the year and of the County ofLondonand theGreat Townsduring the same period; also in the year1915;together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the years1906-1915.

Quarter.Males.Females.Total.Birth Rates.
Islington, 1916.Islington 1906-15.London, 191696 Great Towns, 1916
First8958511,74620.7526.1823.124.4
Second1,0108991,90922.6925.3825.424.7
Third9108221,73220.5824.6322.923.2
Fourth8908021,69220.1124.1222.121.5
The Year 19163,7053,3747,079*21.0325.2923.023.0
19153,8523,6857,53723.1521.0322.622.8
Increase or decrease-147-311-458-2.12-4.26+0.4+0.2

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* In addition to these 7,079 births the Registrar-General transferred 183 to Islington
The total births are therefore 7,262 = 21.57 per 1,000 inhabitants.