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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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SUMMARY
of Vital Statistics, 1919.
Population (Enumerated at Census 1911)327,403 persons
„ Total, Estimated 1919 (for calculating birth rate) 336,506 persons
„ Civil, Estimated 1919 (for calculating death rate) 323,034 persons
Estimated decrease on population, 1911 4,369 persons
Mean Population, ten years (1909-1918) 316,981 persons
Area3,092 acres
Density 104 persons per acre
Marriages 3,306
Persons married 6,612
Persons married rate 19.28 per 1,000 inhabitants
Births Males 3,322 Persons 6,278
Females 2,956
Birth rate 18.30 per 1,000 inhabitants
Deaths from All Causes Males 2,305
Females 2,335 } Persons 4,640
Death rate 14.09 per 1,000 inhabitants
Death from Principal Epidemic Diseases Males 60
Females 76 136 persons
Deaths from Principal Epidemic Diseases Males 60 136 persons
Females76
Death rate 0.41 per 1,000 inhabitants
Infantile Deaths under 1 year Males 299
Females 226} Total 525
Infantile mortality rate 83 per 1,000 births
Excess of Births oyer Deaths 1,638