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Islington 1937

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

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7 [1937

Table: Showing theDeathsandDeath Ratesof Islington in1937,and in the four quarters of the year, and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period, the mean Borough Death Rates for the10years1927-36and the deaths and death-rates in the year1936.

Showing theDeathsandDeath Ratesof Islington in1937,and in the four quarters of the year, and of the County of London and the Great Towns during the same period, the mean Borough Death Rates for the10years1927-36and the deaths and death-rates in the year1936.

Quarter.Males.FemalesTotal.Death Rates.
Islington, 1937.Islington, 1927-36.London, 1937.Great Towns, 1937.
First6697191,38818.7917.1816.416.1
Second41441883211.2711.3810.9110
Third3303526829.239.358.99.2
Fourth46244991112.3312.3212.412.2
The Year 19371,8751,9383,81312.9012.61*12.312.5
19361,9821,8743,85612.4412.5312.512.3
Increase or decrease- 107+ 64- 43+ 0.46+ 0.08- 0.2+ 0.2

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*Mean Annual death rate for preceding ten years.

Table: AGES AT DEATH.The following statement gives the ages at which persons died in the Borough, and contrasts them with the returns for the preceding ten years:—

AGES AT DEATH.

The following statement gives the ages at which persons died in the Borough, and contrasts them with the returns for the preceding ten years:—

Ages.Number of Deaths,Mean DeathsIncrease or Decrease
1937.(10 years, 1927-36.)on mean.
0-1 year299329— 30
1-5 years75167- 92
Under 5 years374496- 122
5-15 ”3786- 49
15-25 ”91135- 44
25-35 ”153174- 21
35-45 ”172225- 53
45-55 ”375411- 36
55-65 ”641672- 31
65-75 ”922860+ 62
75-85 „799734+ 65
85 upwards249208+ 41
All Ages3,8134,001— 188

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There was a decrease of 122 in the number of deaths under 5 years of age
when compared with the average at those ages during the preceding ten years;
whilst the number of registered deaths at the several age periods up to between
5-65 years, were also below the decennial average.
The deaths of aged people between the age period 65 years and upwards
showed an increase of 72 in the number of deaths when contrasted with the previous
year 1936, and 168 above the ten years' average (1927-36).
It is of interest to note that two residents, both widows, lived for over 100 years,
one dying at the age of 103 years.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Infant Deaths, 299; Mortality Rate, 66.—The deaths of 299 infants
under twelve months old were registered during the year, or 30 below the decennial
average (329), and they were equal to the infantile rate of 66 per 1,000 births.
The rate was 3 per 1,000 births above the mean annual record of the preceding
ten years, and is 5 per 1,000 above the rate of last year (1936).