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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 1955

[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 1955:228,800
Live Births.Birth Rate per 1,000 Estimated Resident Population
TotalsM.F.IslingtonEngland and Wales
Legitimate3,6051,8421,763
Illegitimate340171169
3,9452,0131,93217.215.0
Still Births.Rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births
IslingtonEngland and Wales
Legitimate783543
Illegitimate743
85394621.0923.1
Deaths.Death Rate (Unadjusted) per 1,000 Population
TotalsM.F.IslingtonEngland and Wales
2,5911,3081,28311.3211.7
Deaths from Puerperal Causes.Deaths.Rate per 1,000 Total Births
IslingtonEngland andWales
10.250.64
Death Rate of Infants under One Year of Age.
IslingtonEngland and Wales
All infants per 1,000 live births2624.9
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births24
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births38
Notification of Births.
For year ending 31st December, 19553,969 (corrected figure from L.C.C.).
Marriages (Provisional figures). Marriages solemnised in the Borough during the year2,397