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Islington 1946

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

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COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS—1935 TO 1946.

(Compiled from Registrar General's Returns)

194619451944194319421941194019391938193719361935
Population227,160195,770188,560189,970186,000183,470224,110272,300292,300295,400301,000304,100
Live Births—(total)5,2843,7083,8263,5923,3682,9863,8504,1684,4874,5164,6504,523
(illegitimate)442438335264251214272245278218222173
Birth Rate per 1,000 population23.2618.9420.2918.9118.1016.2717.1814.4715.3515.3215.4514.87
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 births22.2022.4125.7224.9733.2926.7232.1730.2427.5229.8629.0221.21
Deaths2,9472,8563,0573,0172,8523,5084,1433,4853,4923,8653,7853,434
Death rate12.9714.5916.2115.8815.3319.1218.4812.7911.9413.0812.5711.28
Maternal Death rate per 1,000 births1.480.262.032.712.293.021.591.472.172.792.092.38
Death-rate of infants under 1394648465459475065676253
Marriage rate per 1,000 population20.2125.0018.3618.5925.3028.0732.9223.8919.5720.2219.4919.80
T.B. Notifications per 1,000 population (all forms)2.182.813.143.042.303.002.101.942.132.382.122.20
Death-rates per 1,000 population—
Pulmonary T.B.0.640.800.860.850.931.200.840.820.730.700.690.66
DiphtheriaNil0.010.010.050.010.060.090.040.080.070.100.04
Suicides0.110.060.100.080.140.140.170.150.140.160.160.14
Road Traffic Accidents0.100.070.160.100.160.140.14****
Other violent causes0.451.051.840.381.451.742.380.560.370.340.450.42

* Not given separately by R.G.