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Islington 1926

Seventy-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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[1926

Table: Showing the Estimated Number of Persons living in Islington at the Mid-year 1926, at Nine Age Periods, and distinguishing Males and Females.

Showing the Estimated Number of Persons living in Islington at the Mid-year 1926, at Nine Age Periods, and distinguishing Males and Females.

Ages.Males.Females.Persons.
0—514,93014,57829,508
6—1531,21330,52261,735
15—2526,12431,87858,002
25—3525,10630,52455,630
35—4521,71426,11647,830
45—5518,99920,68839,687
55—6512,21413,90426,118
65—756,4458,48014,925
75 and upwards2,0353,7305,765
A11 ages158,780180,420339,200

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MARRIAGES.
Marriages, 2,749; Marriage Rate, 16.2.—The number of persons
married was 5,749, as contrasted with 5,576 in the preceding year, which is an
increase of 173. The marriage rate was 16.2 per thousand inhabitants, as compared
with 16.4 in 1925.

Table: The following statement shows the figures for the previous ten years 1916-25.

The following statement shows the figures for the previous ten years 1916-25.

Years.Marriages.Marriage Rate.Years.Marriages.Marriage Rate.
19163,08018.3019213,14118.86
19172,68916.2319222,87717.23
19182,97118.5119232,76416.42
19193,30619.2819242,87217.03
19203,37020.0519252,78816.44

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BIRTHS.
There were 6,455 births registered, of which 3,283 were boys, and 3,172 girls.
Of this number, however, 1,098 were born of mothers living in Islington, although
they were confined in Lying-in Institutions, and in other homes situated outside
the Borough. The annual birth-rate was equal to 19.0 per 1,000 of the population,
as compared with a mean birth-rate of 20.9 in the preceding ten years.

Table: Showing the Births (distinguishing Males and Females) and Birth-rates of Islington in 1926, and in the four quarters of the year and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period: also in the year 1925 ; together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the 10 years 1916-1925.

Showing the Births (distinguishing Males and Females) and Birth-rates of Islington in 1926, and in the four quarters of the year and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period: also in the year 1925 ; together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the 10 years 1916-1925.

Quarter.Males.Females.Total.Birth Rates.
Islington, 1926.Islington, 1916-25.London, 1926.105 Great Towns, 1926.
First8888171,70520.1210518.018.7
Second8298701,69920.021.418.519.4
Third8137821,59518.820.317.318.3
Fourth7537031,45617.220.216.717.1
The Year 19263,2833,172*6,45519.020.917.118.2
19253,397 3,1836,58019.419.018018.8
Increase or decrease-114-11-125-0.4-1.9-0.9-0.6

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* These include births which occurred in Lying-in Institutions, etc., outside the Borough.
N.B.—The total registered births given by the Registrar-General for the Calendar year, 1926,
will be found at the foot of table on p. 8.