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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 1918

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

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Table: 83 per cent. of the total number that was registered during the year. They were notified as follows:—

83 per cent. of the total number that was registered during the year. They were notified as follows:—

Notified by—Still Births.Live Births.Total.
Doctors15356371
Certificated Midwives542,5402,594
Parents and other persons251,3131,338
944,2094,303

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DEATHS.
The deaths numbered 5,841, while the death rate was 20.40 per 1,000 of
the population or 4'92 above that of the preceding year (15.48), and was 5.3
more than the average of the previous 10 years.

Table: The Deaths from All Causes in the Sub registration Districtswere as follows:—

The Deaths from All Causes in the Sub registration Districts

were as follows:—

Sub-Districts.Quarters.The Year.
1234
Tufnell13210383230548
Upper Holloway190121116270697
Tollington14610197240584
Lower Holloway161143135303742
Highbury240177157351925
Barnsbury258196166354974
Islington (South-East)4062502354801,371
The Borough1,5331,0919892,2285,841