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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 1919

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

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1919]
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the whole of the metropolis, while it was slightly below the average of the 96
great towns. It also shows that the birth rate for the entire year was 47 below
the average for the preceding ten years in Islington.

Table: Showing theBirths (distinguishing Males and Females) andBirth-ratesof Islington in1919,and in the four quarters of the year and of the County ofLondonand theGreat Townsduring the same period; also in the year1918;together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the 10 years1909-1918.

Showing theBirths (distinguishing Males and Females) andBirth-ratesof Islington in1919,and in the four quarters of the year and of the County ofLondonand theGreat Townsduring the same period; also in the year1918;together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the 10 years1909-1918.

Quarter.Males.Females,T otal.Birth Rates.
Islington, 1919.Islington, 1909-18London, 1919.96 Great Towns, 1919
First6225721,19414.1923.7815.515.9
Second6935831,27615.1723.2516.116.2
Third7746641,43817.1022.1718.719.0
Fourth1,2331,1372,37026.1621.7025.525.1
The Year 19193,3222,956*6,27818.3023.0018. 319.0
19182,7232,4745,19716.2018.3016.117.6
Increase or decrease+599+482+1,081+2.10+4.70+2.2+1.4

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* These include 557 births which occurred in Lying-in Institutions outside the borough.