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Islington 1924

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

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Table: Shoving the Estimated Number of Persons living in Islington at the Mid-year 1924, at Nine Age Periods, and distinguishing Males and Females.

Shoving the Estimated Number of Persons living in Islington at the Mid-year 1924, at Nine Age Periods, and distinguishing Males and Females.

Ages.Males.Females.Persons.
0—514,84414,51029,354
5—15............31,04030,30161,401
15—2525,98031,72057,700
25 3524,90730,36855,335
35—4521,59625,97947,575
45—5518,89820,57839,476
55—6512,14913,83125,980
65—756,4118,43314,844
75 and upwards2,0253,7105,735
All ages157,910179,490337,400

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MARRIAGES.
Marriages, 2.872; Marriage Rate, 17 0.—The number of persons
married was 5,744, as contrasted with 5,528 in the preceding year, which is an
increase of 216. The marriage rale was 17.0 per thousand inhabitants, as compared
with 16.4 in 1923.

Table: The following statement shows the figures for the previous ten years 1914-23.

The following statement shows the figures for the previous ten years 1914-23.

Years.Marriages.Marriage Rate.Years.Marriages.Marriage Rate.
19143,18819.6319193,30619.28
19154,25226.1219203,37020.05
19103,08018.3019213,14118.86
19172,68910.2319222,87717.23
19182,97118.5119232,76416.42

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BIRTHS.
There were 6,799 births registered, of which 3,470 were boys, and 3,329 girls.
Of this number, however, 1,065 were born of mothers living in Islington, although
they were confined in Lying-in Institutions, and in other homes situated outside
the Borough. The annual birth-rate was equal to 19.8 per 1,000 of the population,
as compared with a mean birth-rate of 22.6 in the preceding ten years.

Table: Showing the Births (distinguishing Males and Females) and Birth-rates of Islington in 1924, and in the four quarters of the year and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period; also in the year 1923; together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the 10 years 1914-1923.

Showing the Births (distinguishing Males and Females) and Birth-rates of Islington in 1924, and in the four quarters of the year and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period; also in the year 1923; together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the 10 years 1914-1923.

Quarter.Males.Females.Total.Birth Rates.
Islington, 1924.Islington, 1914-23.London, 1924.105 Great Towns, 1924.
First8858541,73920.623.219.820.0
Second8078351,70220.223.119.520.1
Third9008201,72620.521.719.319.8
Fourth8188141,63218.021.717.618.1
The Year 19243,4703,329*6,79919.822.618.719.4
19233,4933,6077,10021.119.820.220.4
Increase or decrease— 23— 278- 301— 1.3— 2.8— 1.5— 1.0

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* These include 1.065 births which occurred in Lying-in Institutions, etc., outside the Borough.
N.B. The total registered births given by the Registrar-General for the Calendar year, 1924,
will be found at the foot of table on p. 8.