Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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1899]
Males. | Females. | Persons. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ages. | Population. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Population. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Population. | Deaths. | Death Rates. |
0—5 | 20,566 | 1,255 | 61.02 | 20,582 | 1,060 | 51.50 | 41,148 | 2,315 | 56 26 |
5—15 | 35,628 | 111 | 3.11 | 36,210 | 101 | 2.79 | 71,838 | 212 | 2 95 |
15—25 | 32,292 | 152 | 4.71 | 37,450 | 96 | 2.56 | 69,742 | 248 | 3 55 |
25—35 | 28,490 | 196 | 6.88 | 31,490 | 153 | 4.86 | 59,980 | 349 | 5-82 |
35—45 | 20,560 | 271 | 13.18 | 22,680 | 215 | 9.48 | 43,240 | 486 | 11 24 |
45—55 | 14,060 | 302 | 21.48 | 16,280 | 308 | 18.92 | 30,340 | 610 | 2010 |
55—65 | 7,943 | 358 | 45.07 | 10,890 | 342 | 31.40 | 18,833 | 700 | 37 16 |
(55—75 | 3,970 | 340 | 85.65 | 5,800 | 372 | 64.13 | 9,770 | 712 | 72-88 |
75 and upwards | 1,231 | 232 | 188.44 | 2,609 | 429 | 164.43 | 3,840 | 661 | 172 14 |
All ages | 164,740 | 3,217 | 19.52 | 183,991 | 3,076 | 16.72 | 348,731 | 6,293 | 1804 |
The deaths of 695 persons who had come from other districts of London for
treatment in the Public Institutions of Islington are excluded from these returns, while
the deaths of 593 persons who had died outside the district are included.
SEASONAL MORTALITY
The least number of deaths occurred in the second quarter in which only 1,281 deaths were known, and when the death-rate was 14.69 per 1,000.
Deaths. | Death Rate. 1899. | Mean Death Rate 1885-98. | |
---|---|---|---|
First Quarter | 1,681 | = 19.28 | 20.81 |
Second Quarter | 1,281 | = 14.69 | 16.30 |
Third Quarter | 1,572 | = 18.03 | 16.24 |
Fourth Quarter | 1,759 | = 20.17 | 17.77 |
The Year | 6,293 | 18.04 | 17.78 |