Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington page 3

Islington 1921

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

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3 [1921
Illegitimate Births (205)—The number of illegitimate births, 205, shows a
decrease of 51 on the return of the year 1920. They were equal to a rate of 2.60 per
1,000 registered births.

Table: The number of illegitimate births in the Borough since 1851 is shown in the following statement:

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The number of illegitimate births in the Borough since 1851 is shown in the following statement:

Periods (10 years).	Illegitimate Births.	Total Births.	Illegitimate Births per 100 Registered Births.
1851-60	1,335	41,915	3.18
1861-70	2,651	67,520	3.92
1871-80	3,429	89,627	3.82
1881-90	3,475	97,420	3.57
1891-1900	2,719	97 278	2.79
1901-10	2,413	87,361	2.76
1911-20	2,719	74,375	3.66

Table: Notification of Births Act, 1907.—6,467 births were notified or 82 per cent, of the total number that was registered during the year. They were notified by doctors, midwives, parents and guardians as follows:

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Notification of Births Act, 1907.—6,467 births were notified or 82 per cent, of the total number that was registered during the year. They were notified by doctors, midwives, parents and guardians as follows:

Notified by	Still Births.	Live Births.	Total.
Doctors	27	504	531
Certificated Midwives	89	3,405	3,494
Parents and other persons	51	2,391	2,442
	167	6,300	6,467

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DEATHS.
The deaths numbered 4,368, while the death-rate was equal to 13'12 per 1,000 of the
population, or 0 20 lower than that of the preceding year (13 32), and was 2 44 less than
the average of the previous 10 years.
The death-rate of 1312 per 1,000 oj the population was the lowest rate hitherto recorded,
in the Borough.
The death-rates for each year in Islington since 1841, are given in Table D in the
Appendix.

Table: The Deaths from All Causes in the Sub Registration Districts wereas follows:—

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The Deaths from All Causes in the Sub Registration Districts wereas follows:—

Sub-Districts.	Quarters.				The Year.
	1	2	3	4
	Tufnell	146	94	86		111	437
Upper Holloway	152	106	105	129	492
Tollington	101	83	87	106	377
Lower Holloway	140	118	107	159	524
Highbury	204	141	141	228	714
Barnsbury	205	150	168	192	715
Islington (South-East)	304	252	214	339	1,109
The Borough	1,252	944	908	1,264	4,368

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Islington 1921

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Table: The number of illegitimate births in the Borough since 1851 is shown in the following statement:

Table: Notification of Births Act, 1907.—6,467 births were notified or 82 per cent, of the total number that was registered during the year. They were notified by doctors, midwives, parents and guardians as follows:

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Table: The Deaths from All Causes in the Sub Registration Districts wereas follows:—