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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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5 [1932
Illegitimate Birth3 (196).—The illegitimate births numbered 196 and
show an increase of 2 on the return of the year 1931. They were equal to a rate
of 4.0 per cent, of the total registered births.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.—3,825 live births were notified (exclusive of 80 stillborn), or 77 per cent, of the total number that were registered during the year.
| Notified by | Doctors. | Midwives. | Parents and other Persons. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | |
| 1932. | ||||||||
| 1st Quarter | 153 | 5 | 594 | 13 | 249 | 4 | 996 | 22 |
| 2nd „ | 150 | 8 | 688 | 13 | 207 | 2 | 1,045 | 23 |
| 3rd„ | 138 | 6 | 578 | 6 | 216 | 1 | 932 | 13 |
| 4th„ | 127 | 4 | 544 | 16 | 181 | 2 | 852 | 22 |
| Year | 568 | 23 | 2,404 | 48 | 853 | 9 | 3,825 | 80 |
| Of the total number (114) registered still-births, 16 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 130 (i.e., 114 + 16) or 26.3 per 1,000 total births (including- still-born). | ||||||||
REGISTERED STILL-BIRTHS.
| Period. | Certified by Doctor. | Certified by Midwife. | By Other Persons. | Total. Registered. | Per 1,000 of Total Births (including still-born). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932. | |||||
| 1st Quarter | 9 | 14 | 4 | 27 | 21.0 |
| 2nd „ | 24 | 30 | — | 34 | 26.4 |
| 3rd„ | 16 | 6 | — | 22 | 17.1 |
| 4th „ | 17 | 14 | — | 31 | 28.5 |
| Year | 66 | 44 | 4 | 114† | 230 |
DEATHS.
The deaths registered during the year numbered 4,013 (exclusive of stillbirths),
while the death-rate was equal to 12.36 per 1,000 of the estimated population,
or 0.2 below that of the previous year (12.6), and 0.3 below the mean of the
preceding ten years; whilst the death-rate of England and Wales was 12.0 and
the 117 Great Towns 11.8.
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 | 124 | 15.1 | 96 | 11.7 | 69 | 8.4 | 94 | 11.4 | 383 | 11.6 |
| Upper Holloway | 161 | 20.9 | 106 | 13.8 | 78 | 10 .1 | 85 | 11.0 | 430 | 13.9 |
| Tollington | 142 | 18 .9 | 90 | 12. 0 | 78 | 10.4 | 118 | 15.7 | 428 | 14.2 |
| Lower Holloway | 148 | 14.7 | 108 | 10.7 | 92 | 9 1 | 104 | 10.3 | 452 | 11.2 |
| Highbury | 243 | 16.5 | 165 | 11.2 | 134 | 9.1 | 161 | 10.9 | 703 | 11.9 |
| Barnsbury | 228 | 17. 0 | 148 | 11.1 | 122 | 9. 1 | 135 | 10.1 | 633 | 11. 8 |
| Islington (South-East) | 322 | 16 .5 | 223 | 11.4 | 197 | 10.1 | 242 | 12.4 | 984 | 12.6 |
| The Borough | 1,368 | 16.8 | 936 | 11.5 | 770 | 9.5 | 939 | 11.6 | 4,013 | 12.4 |