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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1948

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

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Table: SECTION A.GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS.

SECTION A.

GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS.

Area of the Borough3,092 acres.
Population.Registrar General's estimate of civilian population, Mid-year 1948 : 238,200
Live BirthsBirth Rate Per 1,000 Estimated Resident Population
Totals.M.F.IslingtonLondon Admin County.England and Wales.
Legitimate4,2772,2392,038
Illegitimate331180151
4,6082,4192,18919.3420.117.9
Still Births.
Legitimate823646Rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births
Illegitimate743
89404918.94
Deaths.Death Rate (Unadjusted) per 1,000 Population
TotalsM.F.IslingtonLondon Admin. CountyEngland and Wales
2,6821,4171,26511.2610.811.6
Death from Puerperal Causes.
Deaths.Rate per 1,000 Total Births.
Puerperal Sepsis30.64
Other Puerperal Causes10.21
40.85
Death Rate of Infants Under One Year of Age.
IslingtonLondon Admin. County.England and Wales.
All infants per 1,000 live births353134
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births353534
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births39
Notification of Births. For ½ year ending 3rd July, 1948
For ½ year ending 3rd July, 19482,942 (423 not notified by midwives)
For ½ year ending 31st December, 19482,125 (corrected figure from L.C.C.)
Total5,067
Marriages (Provisional figures).
Marriages solemnised in the Borough during the year2,343