Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1935]
4
BIRTHS.
During the year there were 4,577 live births registered, of which 2,303 were
boys and 2,274 girls. Of this number, however, 812 were born of mothers
living in Islington, although they were confined in Lying-in Institutions, and in
other homes situated outside the Borough. The annual birth-rate was equal to
14.85 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with a mean birth-rate of 17.12 in
the preceding ten years. In 1933 the lowest birth-rate (14.35) was recorded.
Quarter. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth Rates. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Islington, 1935. | Islington, 1925-34. | London, 1935. | Great Towns, 1935. | ||||
First | 598 | 554 | 1,152 | 14.95 | 17.74 | 13.4 | 14.9 |
Second | 555 | 595 | 1,150 | 14.93 | 17.73 | 13.7 | 15.5 |
Third | 609 | 581 | 1,190 | 15.44 | 17.11 | 13.5 | 15.3 |
Fourth | 541 | 544 | 1,085 | 14.08 | 15.87 | 12.2 | 13.7 |
The Year 1935 | 2,303 | 2,274 | 4,577 | 14.85 | 17.12 | 13.2 | 14.8 |
1934 | 2,436 | 2,188 | 4,624 | 14.72 | 17.63 | 13.2 | 14.8 |
Increase or decrease | — 133 | + 86 | — 47 | +0.13 | — 0.51 |
N.B.—The total registered births given by the Registrar-General for the Calendar year, 1935,
will be found at the foot of table on p. 81.
Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | |
1st Quarter | 107 | 87 | 194 | 24.9 | 104 | 77 | 181 | 24.7 | 44 | 39 | 83 | 11.6 | 61 | 59 | 120 | 12.5 |
2nd | 145 | 122 | 267 | 34.3 | 54 | 44 | 98 | 13.4 | 43 | 45 | 88 | 12.3 | 53 | 60 | 113 | 11.8 |
3rd | 124 | 135 | 259 | 33.2 | 77 | 75 | 152 | 20.7 | 41 | 31 | 72 | 10.1 | 60 | 69 | 129 | 13.5 |
4th | 144 | 131 | 275 | 35.3 | 46 | 50 | 96 | 13.1 | 39 | 29 | 68 | 9.6 | 49 | 55 | 104 | 10.9 |
Year | 520 | 475 | 995 | 31.92 | 281 | 246 | 527 | 18.00 | 167 | 144 | 311 | 10.90 | 223 | 243 | 466 | 12.18 |
Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington South-East. | The Borough. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | |
1st Quarter | 90 | 88 | 178 | 12.7 | 92 | 89 | 181 | 14.2 | 100 | 115 | 215 | 11.6 | 598 | 554 | 1,152 | 14.95 |
2nd ,, | 77 | 117 | 194 | 13.8 | 75 | 95 | 170 | 13.4 | 108 | 112 | 220 | 11.9 | 555 | 595 | 1,150 | 14.93 |
3rd ,, | 99 | 78 | 177 | 12.6 | 83 | 80 | 163 | 12.8 | 125 | 113 | 238 | 12.9 | 609 | 581 | 1,190 | 15.44 |
4th ,, | 72 | 104 | 176 | 12.6 | 74 | 80 | 154 | 12.1 | 117 | 95 | 212 | 11.4 | 541 | 544 | 1,085 | 14.08 |
Year | 338 | 387 | 725 | 12.93 | 324 | 344 | 668 | 13.14 | 450 | 435 | 885 | 11.96 | 2,303 | 2,274 | 4,577 | 14.85 |