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
DEATHS.
The deaths numbered 4,222, while the death-rate was equal to 123 per 1,000
of the population, or 0.7 higher than that of the preceding year (ll.6), but it was
2.1 less than the average of the previous 10 years.
Sub-Districts. | Quarters. | The Year. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
Tufnell | 168 | 19.7 | 99 | 11.6 | 76 | 8.9 | 92 | 9.9 | 435 | 12.5 |
Upper Holloway | 156 | 18.9 | 104 | 12.6 | 83 | 10.1 | 107 | 12.1 | 450 | 13.4 |
Tollington | 140 | 17.9 | 86 | 11.0 | 54 | 6.9 | 92 | 10.9 | 372 | 11.7 |
Lower Holloway | 177 | 17.0 | 117 | 11.2 | 91 | 8.7 | 145 | 12.9 | 530 | 12.5 |
Highbury | 245 | 16.0 | 150 | 9.8 | 156 | 10.2 | 192 | 11.7 | 743 | 11.9 |
Barnsbury | 267 | 19.2 | 166 | 12.0 | 124 | 8.9 | 187 | 12.5 | 744 | 13.1 |
Islington (South-East) | 317 | 15.7 | 228 | 11.3 | 168 | 8.3 | 235 | 10.8 | 948 | 11.5 |
The Borough | 1,470 | 17.4 | 950 | 11.3 | 752 | 8.9 | 1,050 | 11.6 | 4 222 | 12.3 |
Quarter. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Death Rates. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Islington, 1924. | Islington, 1914-23. | London, 1924. | 105 Great Towns, 1924. | ||||
First | 667 | 803 | 1,470 | 17.4 | 18.0 | 17.8 | 17.0 |
Second | 493 | 457 | 950 | 11.3 | 13.1 | 10.7 | 11.8 |
Third | 400 | 352 | 752 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 8.6 | 9.1 |
Fourth | 536 | 514 | 1,050 | 11.6 | 15.6 | 11.1 | 11.4 |
The Year 1924 | 2,096 | 2,126 | 4,222 | 12.3 | 14.4 | 12.1 | 12.3 |
1923 | 1,978 | 1,924 | 3,902 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 11.6 |
Increase or Decrease | + 118 | 202 | 320 | + 0.7 | — 2.1 | + 0.9 | + 0.7 |