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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 1921
Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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IV
SUMMARY
of Vital Statistics, 1921.
Population (Enumerated at Census, 1921) 330,028 persons
„ Estimated Mid Year 1921 333,000 persons
Increase on Census population, 1911 2,625 persons
Mean Population, ten years (1911-1920) 317,204 persons
Area 3,092 acres
Density 108 persons per acre
Marriages 3,141
Persons married 6,282
Persons married rate 18.86 per 1,000 inhabitants
Births Males 4,068
Females 3,818 Persons 7,886
Birth rate 23.68 per 1,000 inhabitants
Deaths from All Causes Males 2,212
Females 2,156 Persons 4,368
Death rate 13.12 per 1,000 inhabitants
Deaths from Principal Epidemic Diseases Males 156
Females 129 285 persons
Death rate 0.86 per 1,000 inhabitants
Infantile deaths under 1 year Males 362
Females 279 Total 641
Infantile mortality rate 81 per 1,000 births
Excess of Births oyer Deaths 3,520