Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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5 [1929
DEATHS.
The deaths registered during the year numbered 4,748 (exclusive of stillbirths),
while the death-rate was equal to 14.8 per 1,000 of the estimated population,
or 2.0 above that of the previous year (12.8), and 2.0 above the mean of the
preceding ten years; whilst the death-rate of England and Wales was 13.4 and
the 107 Great Towns 13.7.
Districts
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 | 219 | 27.1 | 83 | 10.3 | 81 | 10.0 | 78 | 9.6 | 461 | 14.25 |
Upper Holloway | 226 | 29.8 | 89 | 11.7 | 78 | 10.3 | 86 | 11.3 | 479 | 15.79 |
Tollington | 200 | 27 .0 | 88 | 11.9 | 64 | 8.6 | 97 | 13.1 | 449 | 15.17 |
Lower Holloway | 256 | 25.8 | 111 | 11.2 | 96 | 9.7 | 103 | 10.4 | 566 | 14.25 |
Highbury | 334 | 23.0 | 180 | 12.4 | 109 | 7.5 | 183 | 12.6 | 806 | 13.85 |
Barnsbury | 395 | 29.9 | 143 | 10.8 | 135 | 10.2 | 161 | 12.2 | 834 | 15 80 |
Islington (South- | ||||||||||
East) | 503 | 26.2 | 233 | 12.1 | 191 | 9.9 | 226 | 11.8 | 1,153 | 15.01 |
The Borough | 2,133 | 26.7 | 927 | 11.6 | 754 | 9.4 | 934 | 11.7 | 4,748 | 14.85 |
Quarter. | Males. | Females | Total. | Death Rates. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Islington, 1929. | Islington, 1919-28. | London, 1929. | 107 Great Towns. 1929. | ||||
First | 1,061 | 1,072 | 2,133 | 26.7 | 16.8 | 24.1 | 22.7 |
Second | 492 | 435 | 927 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.8 |
Third | 388 | 366 | 754 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 8.9 | 9.3 |
Fourth | 473 | 461 | 934 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
The Year 1929 | 2,414 | 2,334 | 4,748 | 14.8 | 12 .8 | 13.8 | 13.7 |
1928 | 4,161 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 11.6 | 11.6 | ||
Increase or Decrease | + 587 | + 20 | - 0.7 | + 22 | + 2.1 |