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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON
SECTION A.
GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS:
Area of the Borough 3,092 acres.
POPULATION:
Registrar General's estimate of civilian population, Mid-year 1944
-188,560
LIVE BIRTHS:
Totals
M.
F.
Legitimate
3,491
1,744-
1,747
Illegitimate
335
171
164
Birth rate per 1,000
estimated resident
population.
20.29
3,826
1,915
1,911
STILL BIRTHS:
Totals
m.
F.
Legitimate
91
55
36
Illegitimate
10
8
2
101
63
38
Rate per 1,000 total
(Live & Still) births
25.72
DEATHS:
Totals
M.
F.
3,057
1,594
1,463
Death rate (unadjusted)
per 1,000 population
16.21
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES:
Deaths
Rate per 1,000 total births.
Puerperal Sepsis
3
0.76
Other Puerperal causes
5
1.27
8
2.03
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER 0NE YEAR OF AGE;
All infants per 1,000 live births 48
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 46
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 69
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS:
The total number of notified births, including still births from
all sources, was 4,210; of this number 373 were not notified by
midwivcs.
MARRIAGES (Provisional figures).
Marriages solemnised in the Borough during the year 1,731
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