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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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SECTION A. GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS.
| Area of the Borough | 3,092 acres. | ||||||
| Population. Registrar-General's estimate of civilian population, Mid-year 1957 : | 227,800 | ||||||
| Live Births. | Birth Rate per 1,000 Estimated Resident Population | ||||||
| Totals | M. | F. | Islington | England and Wales | |||
| Legitimate | 4,115 | 2,086 | 2,029 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 467 | 236 | 231 | ||||
| 4,582 | 2,322 | 2,260 | 20.1 | 16.1 | |||
| Still Births. | |||||||
| Rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | |||||||
| Totals | M. | F. | Islington | England and Wales | |||
| Legitimate | 80 | 34 | 46 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 12 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| 92 | 42 | 50 | 19.68 | 22.4 | |||
| Deaths. | Death Rate (Unadjusted) per 1,000 Population | ||||||
| Totals | M. | F. | Islington | England and Wales | |||
| 2,457 | 1,228 | 1,229 | |||||
| 10.79 | 11.5 | ||||||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes. | |||||||
| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 | Total Births | |||||
| Islington | England and Wales | ||||||
| 3 | 0.64 | 0.47 | |||||
| Death Rate of Infants under One Year of Age. | |||||||
| Islington | England and Wales | ||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births — | 21 | 23 | |||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 21 | ||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 17 | ||||||
| Notification of Births. | |||||||
| For year ending 31st December, 1957 | 4,569 (corrected figure from L.C.C.). | ||||||
| Marriages (Provisional figures). | |||||||
| Marriages solemnised in the Borough during the year | 2,361 | ||||||