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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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1924]

Showing the Births of Males and Females and the Birth-rates in each quarter and for the year, 1924, and in the several Sub-Registration Districts.

Tufnell.Upper Holloway.Tollington.Lower Holloway.
Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.
]st Quarter708315918.6828316520.0688815619.912911324223.2
2nd ,,828817019.9817515618.9767114718.810311922221.3
3rd ,,88771G519.3898417321.071S315419.711311222521.6
4th ,,657113614.8808316318.4737314617.312111723821.2
Year31131963018.133232565719.62S831560318.946646192721.8

Showing the Births of Males and Fewales and the Birth-rates in each quarter and for the year 1924, and in the several Sub-Registration Districts.—contd.

Highbury.Barnsbury.Islington Soutk-East.Tke Borougk.
Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.
1st Quarter14614328918.916916833724.321517639119.48858541,73920.0
2nd ,,15611126717.516718234925.120218939119.48678351,70220.2
3rd ,,14813328118.415814830622.023318942220.9900S201,72020.5
4 th ,,12412025015.213714127818.621820342119.48188141,03218.0
Year5745131,08717.46316391,27022.48687571,62519.83,4703,3290,79919.8

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.
Alive.Still born.Alive.Still born.Alive.Still born.Alive.Still born.
1924. 1st Quarter357146932031061,36040
2nd „323116691029771,28928
3rd ,,31386742131251,29934
4tk „30886471629761,25230
Year1,301412,683671,216245,200132