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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 1951

[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-vear 1951235,800
Live Births.Birth Rate per 1,000 Estimated Resident Population
T otalsM.F.IslingtonLondon Admin.CountyEngland and Wales
Legitimate3,5951,8881,707
Illegitimate285145140
3,8802,0331,84716.4517.815.5
Still Births.
Legitimate704030Rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births 20.94
Illegitimate1376
834736
Deaths.Death Rate (Unadjusted) per 1,000 Population
TotalsM.F.IslingtonLondon Admin. CountyEngland andWales
3,1311,5811,55013.2813.112.5
Deaths from Puerperal Causes.Deaths. 2Rate per1,000 Total 0.50Births.
Death Rate of Infants Under One Year of Age.IslingtonLondon Admin. CountyEngland and Wales
All infants per 1,000 live births282629
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births29
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births14
Notification of Births.
For year ending 31st December, 19513,851 (corrected figure from L.C.C.)
Marriages (Provisional figures).
Marriages solemnised in the Borough during the year2,260