[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough] page 5

Islington 1937

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

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[1937
BIRTHS.
During the year there were 4,504 live births registered, of which 2,365 were
boys and 2,139 girls. Of this number, 527 were "transfers in," that is, children
of mothers whose usual residence is Islington, the births taking place in Lying-in
Institutions and other homes outside the Borough. The annual birth-rate was
equal to 15.25 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with a mean birth-rate of
16.34 in the preceding ten years. In 1933 the lowest birth-rate (14.35) was recorded.

Table: Showing theBirths (distinguishing Males and Females) andBirth-ratesof Islington in1937and in the four quarters of the year and of the County ofLondonand theGreat Townsduring the same period: also in the year1936;together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the10years1927-36.

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Showing theBirths (distinguishing Males and Females) andBirth-ratesof Islington in1937and in the four quarters of the year and of the County ofLondonand theGreat Townsduring the same period: also in the year1936;together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the10years1927-36.

Quarter.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Birth Rates.
Quarter.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Islington, 1937.	Islington, 1927-36.	London, 1937.	Great Towns, 1937.
First	623	552	1,175	15.91	16.58	13.2	14.5
Second	636	595	1,231	16.66	16.78	14.3	16.1
Third	535	498	1,033	13.98	16.48	13.2	15.3
Fourth	571	494	1,065	14.42	15.35	12.5	13.8
The Year 1937	2,365	2,139	4,504	15.25	16.34*	13.3	14.9
1936	2,415	2,309	4,724	15.24	16.68	13.6	14.9
Increase or decrease	- 50	-170	— 220	+ 0.01	- 0.34	- 0.3	—

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N.B.—The total registered births given by the Registrar-General for the Calendar year, 1937,
will be found at the foot of table on p. 101. *Mean annual birth-rate for preceding 10 years.

Table: Showing theBirthsof Males and Females and theBirth-rates in each quarter and for the year 1937,and in the severalSub-Registration Districts.

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Showing theBirthsof Males and Females and theBirth-rates in each quarter and for the year 1937,and in the severalSub-Registration Districts.

	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	195	180	375	50.2	57	47	104	14.8	34	23	57	8.3	46	62	108	11.8
2nd ”	228	197	425	56.9	45	42	87	12.4	34	31	65	9.5	46	52	98	10.7
3rd ”	169	162	331	44.3	40	37	77	10.9	38	31	69	10.1	69	49	118	12.8
4th ”	201	179	380	50.9	49	53	102	14.5	30	24	54	7.9	54	33	87	9.5
Year	793	718	1,511	50.58	191	179	370	13.17	136	109	245	8.96	215	196	411	11.20

Table: Showing theBirthsof Males and Females and theBirth-rates in each quarter and for the year 1937,and in the severalSub-Registration Districts—contd.

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Showing theBirthsof Males and Females and theBirth-rates in each quarter and for the year 1937,and in the severalSub-Registration Districts—contd.

	Highbury.				Barnsbury.				Islington South-East.				The Borough.
	Males.	Females	Total.	Birth rates.	Males.	Females	1 Total.	Birth rates.	Males.	Females	Total.	Birth rates.	Males.	Females	Total.	Birth rates.
1st Quarter	101	84	185	13.7	90	66	156	12.8	100	90	190	10.7	623	552	1,175	15.91
2nd	102	104	206	15.3	81	81	162	13.3	100	88	188	10.6	636	595	1,231	16.66
3rd	77	72	149	11.1	48	57	105	8.6	94	90	184	10.4	535	498	1,033	13.98
4th	65	58	123	9.1	69	61	130	10.6	103	86	189	10.6	571	494	1,065	14.42
Year	345	318	663	12.30	288	265	553	11.34	397	354	751	10.58	2,365	2,139	4,504	15.25

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Table: Showing theBirths (distinguishing Males and Females) andBirth-ratesof Islington in1937and in the four quarters of the year and of the County ofLondonand theGreat Townsduring the same period: also in the year1936;together with the mean Borough Birth-rates for the10years1927-36.

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Table: Showing theBirthsof Males and Females and theBirth-rates in each quarter and for the year 1937,and in the severalSub-Registration Districts.

Table: Showing theBirthsof Males and Females and theBirth-rates in each quarter and for the year 1937,and in the severalSub-Registration Districts—contd.