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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SUMMARY of Vital Statistics in the Registration Year 1924.
Population (Enumerated at Census, 1921) | 330,737 persons | |
,, Estimated Mid Year 1921 | 337,100 persons | |
Increase on Census population, 1921 | 6,663 persons | |
Mean Population, ten years (1914-1923) | 330,587 persons | |
Area | 3,092 acres | |
Density (Mid-year 1924) | 109 persons per acre | |
Births | Males 3,470 | persons 6,799 |
Females 3,329 | ||
Birth rate | 19.8 per 1,000 inhabitants | |
Deaths from All Causes | Males 2,096 | persons 4,222 |
Females 2,126 | ||
Death rate | 12.3 per 1,000 inhabitants | |
Deaths from Principal Epidemic Diseases | Males 109 | 227 persons |
Females 118 | ||
Death rate | 0.66 per 1,000 inhabitants | |
Deaths from All Tuberculosis | Males 224 | 399 persons |
Females 175 | ||
Death rate | 1.16 per 1,000 inhabitants | |
Deaths from Respiratory Tuberculosis | Males 194 | 340 persons |
Females 146 | ||
Death rate | 0.99 per 1,000 inhabitants | |
Infantile deaths under 1 year | Males 261 | Total 447 |
Females 186 | ||
Infantile mortality rate | 66 per 1,000 births | |
Excess of Births over Deaths | 2,577 | |
Rateable value of Borough of Islington | £1,893,449 | |
Sum represented by a penny rate | £7,895 |