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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
In the preceding years the figures were as follows:—
| Births. | Notifications. | Failures to notify. | Per cent. notified. | Per cent. of Failures to notify | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 (From July 16th) | 3,967 | 3,211 | 756 | 80.9 | 19.1 |
| 1909 | 8,198 | 6,983 | 1,215 | 85.2 | 14.8 |
| 1910 | 8,201 | 7,407 | 794 | 90.3 | 9.7 |
| 1911 | 8,113 | 7,232 | 881 | 89.1 | 10.9 |
| 1912 | 8,211 | 7,238 | 973 | 88.1 | 11.9 |
| 1913 | 8,359 | 7,245 | 1,114 | 86.7 | 13.3 |
| 1914 | 8,177 | 7,121 | 1,056 | 87.1 | 12.9 |
| 1915 | 7,537 | 6,483 | 1,054 | 86.o | 14.0 |
DEATHS.
These numbered 4.751, or 177 less than the average of the ten years
1906-15 (4.928); and were equal to a death-rate of 15.35 per 1,000 of the
civil population, as compared with a mean decennial rate of 15.08.
The death-rate is 10 above that of London, in which it was 14.3 per
1,000, and 0.9 above that of the great towns, wherein it was 14.4.
The highest mortality occurred in the first quarter of the year when the
deaths numbered 1,357, and were equal to an annual death-rate of 17.55 per
1,000 of the civil population, while the lowest was recorded in the third
quarter, viz., 869 deaths, representing a death-rate of 11.23 per 1,000
annually.