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SECTION A
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
BOROUGH
SUMMARY
of Vital Statistics in the Registration Year, 1938
Area 3,092 acres
Density (Mid-year, 1938) 94.5 persons per acre
Population (Enumerated at Census, 1931) 321,795 persons
,, Estimated Mid-year 1938 292,300 persons
Decrease on Census population, 1931 29,495 persons
Mean Population, ten years (1928-1937) 313,377 persons
Marriages 2,860
Marriage Rate 19.57
Births Males 2,356
Females 2,122 4,478 persons
Birth rate 15.32 per 1,000 inhabitants
Deaths from All Causes Males 1,831 3,478 persons
Females 1,647 3,478 persons
Death Rate 11.90 per 1,000 inhabitants
Excess of Births over Deaths 1,000
Deaths from Principal Epidemic Diseases Males 99
Females 74 173 persons
Death rate 0.59 per 1,000 inhabitants
Deaths from Tuberculosis (all forms) Males 153
Females 184 237 persons
Death rate 0.81 per 1,000 inhabitants
Deaths from Respiratory Tuberculosis Males 138
Females 72 210 persons
Death rate 0.72 per 1,000 inhabitants
Infantile Deaths under 1 year Males 180
Females 111 Total 291
Infantile mortality rate 65 per 1,000 births
Rateable value of Borough of Islington £2,211,786
Sum represented by a penny rate £8,816
Number of inhabited houses (approximate) 45,360