Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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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 1945.
- 195,770.
LIVE BIRTHS: Totals. M. F.
Legitimate 3270 1642 1628
Illegitimate 438 228 210 Birth rate per 1,000 estimated resident population 18.94
3708 1870 1838
STILL BIRTH: Totals. M. F.
Legitimate 76 42 34
Illegitimate 9 3 6 Rate per 1,000 total 40 (Live & Still) births. -22.41
85 45
DEATHS: Totals. M. F.
2856 1521 1335 Death rate (unadjusted)
per 1,000 population.
-14.59
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES:
Deaths Rate per 1,000 total births.
Puerperal Sepsis - -
Other Puerperal causes 1 0.26
1 0.26
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE:
All infants per 1,000 live births 46
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 45
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 59
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS;
The total number of notified births, including still births from
all sources., was 4,281, of this number 419 were not notified by
midwives.
MARRIAGES (Provisional figures).
Marriages solemnised in the Borough during the year 2447
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