Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1924]
Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | |||||||||||||
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Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | |
]st Quarter | 70 | 83 | 159 | 18.6 | 82 | 83 | 165 | 20.0 | 68 | 88 | 156 | 19.9 | 129 | 113 | 242 | 23.2 |
2nd ,, | 82 | 88 | 170 | 19.9 | 81 | 75 | 156 | 18.9 | 76 | 71 | 147 | 18.8 | 103 | 119 | 222 | 21.3 |
3rd ,, | 88 | 77 | 1G5 | 19.3 | 89 | 84 | 173 | 21.0 | 71 | S3 | 154 | 19.7 | 113 | 112 | 225 | 21.6 |
4th ,, | 65 | 71 | 136 | 14.8 | 80 | 83 | 163 | 18.4 | 73 | 73 | 146 | 17.3 | 121 | 117 | 238 | 21.2 |
Year | 311 | 319 | 630 | 18.1 | 332 | 325 | 657 | 19.6 | 2S8 | 315 | 603 | 18.9 | 466 | 461 | 927 | 21.8 |
Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington Soutk-East. | Tke Borougk. | |||||||||||||
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Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | |
1st Quarter | 146 | 143 | 289 | 18.9 | 169 | 168 | 337 | 24.3 | 215 | 176 | 391 | 19.4 | 885 | 854 | 1,739 | 20.0 |
2nd ,, | 156 | 111 | 267 | 17.5 | 167 | 182 | 349 | 25.1 | 202 | 189 | 391 | 19.4 | 867 | 835 | 1,702 | 20.2 |
3rd ,, | 148 | 133 | 281 | 18.4 | 158 | 148 | 306 | 22.0 | 233 | 189 | 422 | 20.9 | 900 | S20 | 1,720 | 20.5 |
4 th ,, | 124 | 120 | 250 | 15.2 | 137 | 141 | 278 | 18.6 | 218 | 203 | 421 | 19.4 | 818 | 814 | 1,032 | 18.0 |
Year | 574 | 513 | 1,087 | 17.4 | 631 | 639 | 1,270 | 22.4 | 868 | 757 | 1,625 | 19.8 | 3,470 | 3,329 | 0,799 | 19.8 |
Illegitimate Births (186).—The number of illegitimate births, 136,
shows a decrease of 33 on the return of the year 1923. They were equal to a rate
of 2'7 per 100 registered births. A table for former decennial periods was given
in M.O.H. Report 1921.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.—5,200 births were notified, exclusive of 132 stillborn, or 76 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: | Doctors. | Midwives. | Parents and otker Persons. | Total. | ||||
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Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | |
1924. 1st Quarter | 357 | 14 | 693 | 20 | 310 | 6 | 1,360 | 40 |
2nd „ | 323 | 11 | 669 | 10 | 297 | 7 | 1,289 | 28 |
3rd ,, | 313 | 8 | 674 | 21 | 312 | 5 | 1,299 | 34 |
4tk „ | 308 | 8 | 647 | 16 | 297 | 6 | 1,252 | 30 |
Year | 1,301 | 41 | 2,683 | 67 | 1,216 | 24 | 5,200 | 132 |