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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 1920

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

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1920]
MARRIAGES.
Marriages, 3,370; Marriage Rate, 20.05.—The number of persons
married was 6,740, as contrasted with 6,612 in the preceding year, which is an
increase of 128. The marriage rate was 20.05 per thousand inhabitants, as
comnared with 10.28 in 1919.

Table: The following statement shows the figures for the previous ten years 1990-19,

The following statement shows the figures for the previous ten years 1990-19,

Years.Marriages.Marriage Rate.
19102,87017.50
19112,84317.37
19123,09118.94
19132,98417.98
19143,18819.63
19154,25226.12
19163,08018.30
19172,68916.23
19182,97118.51
19193,30619.28

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BIRTHS.
There were 9,404 births registered, of which 4,778 were boys, and 4,620
girls. Of this number, however, 781 were born of mothers living in Islington,
although they were confined in Lying-in Institutions, and in other homes
situated outside the borough. The annual birth rate was equal to 27.97 per
1,000 of the population, as compared with a mean birth rate of 22.75 in the
preceding ten years- The birth rate was the highest since 1899, when 9,658
births were registered, the birth rate being 28 72.

Table: showing the Births (distinguishing Males and Females) and Birth-rates of Islington in 1920, and in the four quarters of the year and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period; also in the year 1919; together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the 10 years 1910-1919.

showing the Births (distinguishing Males and Females) and Birth-rates of Islington in 1920, and in the four quarters of the year and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period; also in the year 1919; together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the 10 years 1910-1919.

Quarter.Males.Females.Total.Birth Rates.
Islington, 1920.Islington, 1910-19.London, 1920.96 G reat Towns, 1920.
First1,3951,3852,78033.0823.1831.430.3
Second1,2821,2012,48329.5422.9328.327.6
Third1,1701,0892,25926.8822.1025.124.8
Fourth9319511,88222.4022.7722.922.7
The Year 19204,7784,626*9,40427.9722.7526.526.2
191933,222,9566,27818.3027.9718.319.0
Increase or decrease+ 1,456+1,670+3,126+9.67+ 5.22+8.2+ 7.2