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Islington 1951

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

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COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS 1940 TO 1951.

195119501949194819471946194519441943194219411940
Population235,800238,200239,580238,200236,840227,160195,770188,560189,970186,000183,470224,110
L.ive Births—(total)3,8804,0914,3894,6085,5775,2843,7083,8263,5923,3682,9863,850
(illegitimate)285302318331431442438335264251214272
Birth Rate per 1,000 population16.4517.1718.3219.3423.5523.2618.9420,2918.9118.1016.2717.18
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 births20.9417.4819.8718.9418.9922.2022.4125.7224.9733.2926.7232 17
Deaths3,1312,7602,9582,6823,0532,9472,8563,0573,0172,8523,5084,143
Death rate13.2811.5912.3511.2612.8912.9714.5916.2115.8815.3319.1218.48
Maternal Death rate per 1,000 births0.500.720.670.850.701.480.262.032.712.293.021 59
Death rate of infants under 1 year282927353239464846545947
Marriage rate per 1,000 population19.1718.3718.6119.6719.5420.2125.0018.3618.5925.3028.0732.92
T.B. Notifications per 1,000 population (all forms)1.772.052.202.252.432.182.813.143.042.303.002.10
Death-rates per 1,000 population
Pulmonary T.B0.300.380.520.660.700.640.800.860.850.931.200.84
Diphtheria0.0040.0040.008Nil0.004Nil0.010.010.050.010.060.09
Suicides0.150.090.120.150.070.110.060.100.080.140.140. J 7
Road Traffic Accidents0.110.100.060.080.110.100.070.160.100.160.140.14
Other violent causes0.260.260.250.430.370.451.051.840.381.451.742.38