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Islington 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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5 1938
Illegitimate Births.—The illegitimate births numbered 237 and show an
increase of 19 on the return of the year 1937. They were equal to a rate of 5.3 per
cent. of the total registered births.
REGISTERED STILL-BIRTHS.
| Period. | Certified by Doctor. | Certified by Midwife. | By Other Persons. | Total. Registered. | Per 1,000 of Total Births (including still-born). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938. | |||||
| 1st Quarter | 29 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 27.5 |
| 2nd„ | 16 | 10 | — | 26 | 21.0 |
| 3rd„ | 31 | 1 | — | 32 | 30.1 |
| 4th | 26 | 11 | — | 37 | 33.5 |
| Year | 102 | 25 | 1 | 128 | 27.81 |
The above are the corrected figures. The actual number of stillbirths registered
in Islington was 115, plus 29 which took place outside the Borough, but belonging
to it, minus 16 non-residents which took place in the Borough.
| Notified by: | Doctors. | Midwives. | Parents and other Persons. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alive. | Stillborn. | Alive. | Stillborn. | Alive. | Stillborn. | Alive. | Stillborn. | |
| 1938. | ||||||||
| 1st Quarter | 557 | 20 | 362 | 4 | 88 | 2 | 1,007 | 26 |
| 2nd,, | 535 | 16 | 393 | 7 | 55 | — | 983 | 23 |
| 3rd„ | 454 | 17 | 406 | 8 | 51 | — | 911 | 25 |
| 4th„ | 448 | 15 | 453 | 11 | 32 | — | 933 | 26 |
| Year | 1,994 | 68 | 1,614 | 30 | 226 | 2 | 3,834 | 100 |
DEATHS.
The deaths registered during the year numbered 3,478 (exclusive of still-births),
while the death-rate was equal to 11.90 per 1,000 of the estimated population,
or 1.00 below that of the previous year (12.90), and 0.77 below the mean of the
preceding ten years; whilst the death-rate of England and Wales was 11.6 and
the 126 Great Towns 11.7.
The Deaths and Death-rates from All Causes in the Sub-Registration Districts
were as follows:-
The Deaths and Death-rates from All Causes in the Sub-Registration Districts were as follows:-
| 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 | 107 | 14.48 | 97 | 13.13 | 70 | 9.47 | 87 | 11.77 | 361 | 12.21 |
| Upper Holloway | 116 | 16.69 | 114 | 16.41 | 96 | 13.82 | 92 | 13.24 | 418 | 15.04 |
| Tollington | 94 | 13.89 | 101 | 14.93 | 69 | 10.20 | 89 | 13.15 | 353 | 13.04 |
| Lower Holloway | 111 | 12.23 | 91 | 10.03 | 76 | 8.37 | 103 | 11.35 | 381 | 10.50 |
| Highbury | 195 | 14.67 | 174 | 13.09 | 115 | 8.65 | 156 | 11.73 | 640 | 12.04 |
| Barnsbury | 168 | 13.93 | 131 | 10.86 | 108 | 8.95 | 123 | 10.20 | 530 | 10.98 |
| Islington (South-East) | 238 | 13.56 | 193 | 10.99 | 155 | 8.83 | 209 | 11.91 | 795 | 11.32 |
| The Borough | 1,029 | 14.08 | 901 | 12.33 | 689 | 9.43 | 859 | 11.75 | 3,478 | 11.90 |