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Islington 1930

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

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Showing theBirthsof Males and Females and the Birth-rates in each quarter and for the year, 1930,and in the severalSub-Registration Districts.

Tufnell.Upper Holloway.Tollington.Lower Holloway.
Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.
1st Quarter564610212.613110423531.0645411815.9986716516.6
2nd ,,636112415.36410516922.3594410313.9759617117.2
3rd546311714.5909418424.3646412817.3658214714.8
4th686313115.91099920826.9565711315.0768616216.0
Year24123347414.439440279625.724321946215.331433164515.9

Showing theBirthsof Males and Females and theBirth-rates in each quarter and for the year 1930,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 Quarter11710822515.513213226420.016316032316.87616711,43217.9
2nd13313626918.511613925519.317714832516.96877291,41617.7
3rd13412726117.912210322517.016514430916.16946771,37117.1
4th11912924816.715110525619.018416434817.87637031,466 '18.0
Year5035001,00316.95214791,00018.66896161,30516.72,9052,7805,68517.4

Illegitimate Births (223).—The illegitimate births numbered 223 and
show an increase of 16 on the return of the year 1929. They were equal to a rate
of 3.9 per cent. of the total registered births.

Notification of Births Act, 1907.4,383live births were notified (exclusive of131stillborn), or77per cent. of the total number that was registered during the year.

Notified byDoctors.Midwives.Parents and other Persons.Total.
Alive.Still born.Alive.Still born.Alive.Still born.Alive.Still born.
1930.
1st Quarter192116182130571,11539
2nd18496091931261,10534
3rd18895792128131,04833
4th15736361532271,11525
Year721322,442761,220234,383131†

Of the total number (149) registered still-births, 29 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 160
(i.e., 131 + 29) or 28.1 per 1,000 total births (including still-born).