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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1924
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 | |