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Islington 1956

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

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COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS—1945 TO 1956 (Compiled from Registrar-General's Returns)

195619551954195319521951195019491948194719461945
Population228,300228,800230,500233,500235,300235,800238,200239,580238,200236,840227,160195,770
Live Births -(Total)4,J223,9454,0633,9693,8973,8804,0914,3894,6085,5775,2843,708
(Illegitimate)402340336296282285302318331431442438
Birth Rate per 1,000 population18.917.217.617.016.5616.4517.1718.3219.3423.5523.2618.94
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 births21.5121.0919.3122.6617.8920.9417.4819.8718.9418.9922.2022.41
Deaths2,5662,5912,4252,6692,8763,1312,7602,9582,6823,0532,9472,856
Death rate11.2411.3210.5211.4312.2213.2811.5912.3511.2612.8912.9714.59
Maternal Death rate per 1,000 births0.450.250.480.991.010.500.720.670.850.701.480.26
Death rate of Infants under 1 year212617242228292735323946
Marriage rate per 1,000 population21.4420.9519.3519.0817.8519.1718.3718.6119.6719.5420.2125.00
T.B. Notifications per 1,000 population (all forms)1.811.971.942.082.031.772.052.202.252.432.182.81
Death-rates per 1,000 population— Pulmonary T.B.0.150.200.160.160.300.300.380.520.660.700.640.80
DiphtheriaNilNilNilNilNil0.0040.0040.008Nil0.004Nil0.01
Suicides0.150.130.130.140.0760.150.090.120.150.070.110.06
Motor Vehicle Accidents0.130.140.0820.0770.0760.110.100.060.080.110.100.07
Other violent causes0.220.220.170.200.220.260.260.250.430.370.451.05

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