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Islington 1938

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

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Table: Showing theDeaths and Death Ratesof Islington in1938,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 the 10 years 1928-37 and the deaths and death-rates in the year 1937.

Showing theDeaths and Death Ratesof Islington in1938,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 the 10 years 1928-37 and the deaths and death-rates in the year 1937.

Quarter.Males.FemalesTotal.Death Rates.
Islington, 1938.Islington, 1928-37.London, 1938.Great Towns, 1938.
First5514781,02914.0817.5113.713.3
Second46543690112.3311.5011.111.3
Third3833066899.439.409.09.5
Fourth43242785911.7512.2510.911.2
The Year 19381,8311,6473,47811.9012.67*11.411.7
19371,8751,9383,81312.9012.6112.312.5
Increase or decrease— 44-291-335— 1.00+ 0.06-0.9-0.8

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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, 1938.Mean Deaths (10 years, 1928-37).Increase or Decrease on mean.
0-1 year291326- 35
1-5 years86154- 68
Under 5 years377480- 103
5-15„5779- 22
15-25„96129- 33
25-35„136170- 34
35-45„171214- 43
45-55„317400- 83
55-65„573671- 98
65-75„813869- 56
75-85„734744- 10
85 upwards204213- 9
All Ages3,4783,969- 491

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There was a decrease of 103 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 a decrease of 219 in the number of deaths when contrasted with the previous
year 1937, and 75 below the ten years' average (1928-37).
One resident, a female, lived for just over 100 years.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Infant Deaths, 291; Mortality Rate, 65.—The deaths of 291 infants
under twelve months old were registered during the year, or 35 below the decennial
average (326), and they were equal to the infantile rate of 65 per 1,000 births.
The rate was the same as the mean annual record of the preceding ten years, and is
1 per 1,000 below the rate of last year (1937).