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Islington 1930

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

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[1930

REGISTERED STILL-BIRTHS.

Period.Certified by Doctor.Certified by Midwife.By Other Persons.Total. Registered.Per 1,000 of Total Births (including still-born).
1930.
1st Quarter301134430.7
2nd301114229.0
3rd3043424.8
4th22522919.8
Year11231614926.2

DEATHS.
The deaths registered during the year numbered 3,938 (exclusive of stillbirths),
while the death-rate was equal to 12.1 per 1,000 of the estimated population,
or 2.7 below that of the previous year (14.8), and 0.7 above the mean of the
preceding ten years; whilst the death-rate of England and Wales was 11.4 and
the 107 Great Towns 11.5.

TheDeathsandDeath-ratesfromAll Causesin theSub-RegistrationDistrictswere as follows:—

Sub-Districts.Quarters.The Year.
1234
Deaths.Death Rates.Deaths.Death Rates.Deaths.Death Rates.Deaths.Death Rates.Deaths.Death Rates
Tufnell11213.8799.89411.611013.339512.0
Upper Holloway11415.08811.67610.08310.736111.7
Tollington12416.38711.4678.810313.638112.6
Lower Holloway13413.511611.7798.012912.745811.3
Highbury19013.118512.71359.320914.171912.1
Barnsbury20615.617813.516012.118713.973113.6
Islington (South-East)26513.821911.41759.123412.089311.4
The Borough1,14514.395211.97869.81,05512.23,938121

Showing theDeathsandDeath Ratesof Islington in1930,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 the10years1920-29,and the deaths and death-rates in the year1929.

Quarter.Males.Females.Total.Death Rates.
Islington, 1930.Islington, 1920-29.London, 1930.107 Great Towns, 1930.
First6135321,14514.717.313.713.6
Second51244095211.911.510.811.3
Third4393477869.89.69.39.4
Fourth5395161,05512.212.911.711.6
The Year 19302,1031,8353,93812.112.811.411.5
19292,4142,3344,74814.818.813.813.7
Increase or Decrease—311—499—810—27—2.4—2.2