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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1935
Illegitimate Births (173).—The illegitimate births numbered 173 and
show a decrease of 1 on the return of the year 1934. They were equal to a rate
of 3.8 per cent. of the total registered births.
Notification of Births Act, 1907. —3 ,682 live births were notified (exclusive of 69 stillborn), or 80 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. | |
| 1935. | ||||||||
| 1st Quarter | 221 | 5 | 512 | 13 | 126 | 2 | 859 | 20 |
| 2nd ,, | 337 | 4 | 534 | 9 | 121 | 3 | 992 | 16 |
| 3rd ,, | 420 | 5 | 428 | 4 | 108 | 1 | 956 | 10 |
| 4th „ | 403 | 15 | 387 | 7 | 85 | 1 | 875 | 23 |
| Year | 1,381 | 29 | 1,861 | 33 | 440 | 7 | 3,682 | 69 |
REGISTERED STILL-BIRTHS.
| Period. | Certified by Doctor. | Certified by Midwife. | By Other Persons. | Total. Registered. | Per 1,000 of Total Births (including still born). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935. | |||||
| 1st Quarter | 23 | 3 | — | 26 | 29.6 |
| 2nd „ | 14 | 4 | — | 18 | 17.8 |
| 3rd ,, | 13 | 4 | — | 17 | 17.6 |
| 4th „ | 17 | 10 | — | 27 | 30.1 |
| Year | 67 | 21 | — | 88 | 23.4 |
DEATHS.
The deaths registered during the year numbered 3,387 (exclusive of stillbirths),
while the death-rate was equal to 10.99 per 1,000 of the estimated population,
or 0.86 below that of the previous year (11.85), and 1.65 below the mean of
the preceding ten years; whilst the death-rate of England and Wales was 11.7
and the 121 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 | 118 | 15.1 | 96 | 12.3 | 96 | 12.3 | 97 | 12.4 | 407 | 13.0 |
| Upper Holloway | 92 | 12.6 | 92 | 12.6 | 78 | 10.6 | 79 | 10.8 | 341 | 11.6 |
| Tollington | 96 | 13.5 | 73 | 10.2 | 47 | 6.6 | 78 | 10.9 | 294 | 10.3 |
| Lower Holloway | 114 | 11.9 | 89 | 9.3 | 85 | 9.0 | 116 | 12.1 | 404 | 10.5 |
| Highbury | 176 | 12.5 | 161 | 11.5 | 123 | 8.8 | 154 | 11.0 | 614 | 10.9 |
| Barnsbury | 147 | 11.6 | 144 | 11.3 | 128 | 10.1 | 164 | 12.9 | 583 | 11.5 |
| Islington (South-East) | 217 | 11.7 | 174 | 9.4 | 141 | 7.6 | 212 | 11.5 | 744 | 10.1 |
| The Borough | 960 | 12.45 | 829 | 10.75 | 698 | 9.06 | 900 | 11.68 | 3,387 | 10.99 |