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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 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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1929] 4

Table: Showing theBirthsof Males and Few ales and theBirth-rates in each quarter and for the year 1929,and in the severalSub-Registration Districts.—contd.

Showing theBirthsof Males and Few ales and theBirth-rates in each quarter and for the year 1929,and in the severalSub-Registration Districts.—contd.

Highbury.Barnsbury.Islington South-East.The Borough.
Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.
1st Quarter11910122015.115013328321.414616931516.46966951,39117.4
2nd „140140280] 9.311014125119.016916633517.47267941,52019.0
3rd11811122915.713412726119.817616734317.97216771,39817.5
4th958718212.51139921216.114913528414.86355651,20015.0
Year47243991115.65075001,00719.16406371,27716.62,7782,7315,50917.2

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Illegitimate Births (207). The illegitimate births numbered 207 and
show a decrease of 42 on the return of the year 1928. They were equal to a rate
of 3.7 per cent, of the total registered births.

Table: Notification of Births Act, 1907. 4.206 live births were notified (exclusive of 96 stillborn), or 76 per cent, of the total number that was registered during the year.

Notification of Births Act, 1907. 4.206 live births were notified (exclusive of 96 stillborn), or 76 per cent, of the total number that was registered during the year.

Notified by :Doctors.Midwives.Parents and other Persons.Total.
Alive.Still bom.Alive.Still born.Alive.Still born.Alive.Still born.
1929.
1st Quarter19446251428691,10527
2nd2105633927751,12019
3rd15976151125491,02820
4th153955815242695330
Year716252,431491,059224,20696†

Table: REGISTERED STILL-BIRTHS.

REGISTERED STILL-BIRTHS.

Period.Certified by doctorCertified by MidwifeBy other PersonTotal RegisteredPer 1,000 of Total Births (including Still-born
1929.
1st Quarter29744027.9
2nd20312415.5
3rd163—1913.4
4th305—3528.3
Year9518512821.0

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† Of the total number (118) registered still-births, 22 were not notified under the
Notification of Births Act, 1907; therefore, the total still-births coming to the
knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year was 140 (i.e.,
118 + 22) or 24.8 per 1,000 total births (including still-born).