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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COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS—1936 TO 1947.
(Compiled from Registrar General's Returns)
1947 | 1946 | 1945 | 1944 | 1943 | 1942 | 1941 | 1940 | 1939 | 1938 | 1937 | 1936 | |
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Population | 236,840 | 227,160 | 195,770 | 188,560 | 189,970 | 186,000 | 183,470 | 224,110 | 272,300 | 292,300 | 295,400 | 301,000 |
Live Births—(totcl) | 5,577 | 5,284 | 3,708 | 3,826 | 3,592 | 3,368 | 2,986 | 3,850 | 4,168 | 4,487 | 4,516 | 4,650 |
(illegitimate) | 431 | 442 | 438 | 335 | 264 | 251 | 214 | 272 | 245 | 278 | 218 | 222 |
Birth Rate per 1,000 population | 23.55 | 23.26 | 18.94 | 20.29 | 18.91 | 18.10 | 16.27 | 17.18 | 14.47 | 15.35 | 15.32 | 15.45 |
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 births | 18.99 | 22.20 | 22.41 | 25.72 | 24.97 | 33.29 | 26.72 | 32.17 | 30.24 | 27.52 | 29.86 | 29.02 |
Deaths | 3,053 | 2,947 | 2,856 | 3,057 | 3,017 | 2,852 | 3,508 | 4,143 | 3,485 | 3,492 | 3,865 | 3,785 |
Death rate | 12.89 | 12.97 | 14.59 | 16.21 | 15.88 | 15.33 | 19.12 | 18.48 | 12.79 | 11.94 | 13.08 | 12.57 |
Maternal Death rate per 1,000 births | 0.70 | 1.48 | 0.26 | 2.03 | 2.71 | 2.29 | 3.02 | 1.59 | 1.47 | 2.17 | 2.79 | 2.09 |
Death-rate of infants under 1 | 32 | 39 | 46 | 48 | 46 | 54 | 59 | 47 | 50 | 65 | 67 | 62 |
Marriage rate per 1,000 population | 19.54 | 20.21 | 25.00 | 18.36 | 18.59 | 25.30 | 28.07 | 32.92 | 23.89 | 19.57 | 20.22 | 19.49 |
T.B. Notifications per 1,000 population (all forms) | 2.43 | 2.18 | 2.81 | 3.14 | 3.04 | 2.30 | 3.00 | 2.10 | 1.94 | 2.13 | 2.38 | 2.12 |
Death-rates per 1,000 population— | ||||||||||||
Pulmonary T.B. | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.80 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 1.20 | 0.84 | 0.82 | 0.73 | 0.70 | 0.69 |
Diphtheria | 0.004 | Nil | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.10 |
Suicides | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.16 |
Road Traffic Accidents | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.14 | * | * | * | * |
Other violent causes | 0.37 | 0.45 | 1.05 | 1.84 | 0.38 | 1.45 | 1.74 | 2.38 | 0.56 | 0.37 | 0.34 | 0.45 |
* Not given separately by R.G.