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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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25 [1916
These 775 deaths represented 16.3 per cent. of all the deaths registered
in the quarter.
Within and Without the Borough.—The deaths of Islingtonians
numbered 2,235, and were equal to 47.0 per cent. of the total deaths registered
during the year.
Fatal Accidents or Sudden Deaths outside the Borough.—
Sixty inhabitants died from accidental deaths, or suddenly, in places
outside Islington.

Table: Showing theDeaths of InhabitantsinLooal Institutionsand inInstitutions outside the Borough,also theDeaths of Non Inhabitantsin Local Institutions during the ten years1906-1915and in1916.

Showing theDeaths of InhabitantsinLooal Institutionsand inInstitutions outside the Borough,also theDeaths of Non Inhabitantsin Local Institutions during the ten years1906-1915and in1916.

YearsTotal Deaths in Local Institutions (cols. 3 and 4).Inhabitants of Islington in Local Institutions.Non-Inhabitants of Islington in Local Institutions.Inhabitants in Islington Infirmary.Inhabitants of Islington in G.N.C. Hospital.Inhabitants of Islington in Institutions outside the Borough.Total Deaths of Inhabitants in all Institutions [cols. 3 and 7).Proportion per 100 deaths from all causes (col. 8).
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19061,5749556197171066481,60331.5
19071,6751,0825937601306561,73834.2
19081,5651,015550750I206841,69936.3
19091,6721,0556177551137351,79036.4
19101,6831,120563839976811,80139.8
19111,8041,181623817137601,94139.9
19121,6931,1845098401277601,94441.5
19131,9381,3615779801158442,20543.8
19142,0341,4076271,0531008752,28246.2
19152,2881,6066821,193988722,47844.9
Average1,7931,1975968711127752,23539.4
19162,1481,4606881,0271007752,23547.0

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Transferable Deaths.—During the year 55 deaths that had occurred
in outlying Institutions and other places outside the Borough were transferred
by the Registrar-General to Islington.
Deaths from the principal Epidemic Diseases—The deaths of
268 persons were ascribed to these diseases, and they were equal to an annual
death-rate of 0.87 per 1,000 of the civil population, as contrasted with a
decennial average of 430 deaths and a death-rate of 1.32. It is the lowest
epidemic death-rate hitherto recorded in the Borough.