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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
DEATHS.
The deaths registered during the year numbered 4,090, while the death-rate
was equal to 12.0 per 1,000 of the population, or 0.3 below that of the preceding
year (12.3), and was the lowest since 1923, when it was 11.6 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The death-rate was also 2.1 less than the average of the previous ten years.

The Deaths and Death-rates from All Causes in the Sub-Registration Districts were as follows:—

Sub-Districts.Quarters.The Year.
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Deaths.Death Rates.Deaths.Death Rates.Deaths.Death Rates.Deaths.Death Rates.Deaths.Death Rates.
Tufnell12414.4778.9778.810211.938011.1
Upper Holloway14017.4739.1718.811914.840312.5
Tollington12115.410112.9779.810012.739912.7
Lower Holloway18017.111711.111310.712111.553112.3
Highbury20113.017311.21409.119612.771011.5
Barnsbury20214.416011.414110.120114.470412.6
Islington (South-East)30516.022010.81979.724111.896311.8
The Borough1,27315.092110.98169.61,08012.74,09012.0

Showing the Deaths and Death 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, the mean Borough Death Rates for the 10 years 1916 25 and the deaths and death-rates in the year 1925.

Quarter.Males.Females.Total.Death Rates.
Islington, 1926.Islington, 1916-25.London, 1926.105 Great Towns. 1926.
First6106631,27315.017.813.513.7
Second48243992110.912.711.111.5
Third4243928169.610.48.89.1
Fourth5495311,08012.715.512.412.3
The Year 19262,0652,0254,09012.014.111.611.6
19252,1272,0334,16012.312.011.712.2
Increase or Decrease-62-8-70-0.3-2.1-0.1-0.6