Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS - 1947 TO 1958
(Compiled from Registrar General's Returns)
1958 | 1957 | 1956 | 1955 | 1954 | 1953 | 1952 | 1951 | 1950 | 1949 | 1948 | 1947 | |
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Population | 225,800 | 227,800 | 228,300 | 228,800 | 230,500 | 233,500 | 235,300 | 235,800 | 238,200 | 239.580 | 238,200 | 236,840 |
Live Births - (Total) | 4,592 | 4,582 | 4,322 | 3,945 | 4,063 | 3,969 | 3,897 | 3.880 | 4,091 | 4,389 | 4,608 | 5,577 |
(Illegitimate) | 494 | 467 | 402 | 340 | 336 | 296 | 282 | 285 | 302 | 318 | 331 | 431 |
Birth Rate per 1,000 population | 20.3 | 20.1 | 18.9 | 17.2 | 17.6 | 17.0 | 16.56 | 16.45 | 17, 17 | 18.32 | 19.34 | 23.55 |
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 births | 21.94 | 19.68 | 21.51 | 21.09 | 19.31 | 22.66 | 17.89 | 20.94 | 17 48 | 19.87 | 18.94 | 18.99 |
Deaths | 2.594 | 2,457 | 2,566 | 2,591 | 2,425 | 2,669 | 2,876 | 3.131 | 2,760 | 2,958 | 2,682 | 3,053 |
Death rate | 11.49 | 10.79 | 11.24 | 11.32 | 10.52 | 11.43 | 12.22 | 13.28 | 11,59 | 12.35 | 11.26 | 12,89 |
Maternal Death rate per 1,000 births | 1.28 | 0.64 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0,48 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 0.50 | 0.72 | 0.67 | 0.85 | 0.70 |
Death rate of Infants under 1 year | 23 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 35 | 32 |
Marriage rate per 1,000 population | 21.0 | 20.73 | 21.44 | 20.95 | 19.35 | 19,08 | 17,85 | 19.17 | 18. 37 | 18.61 | 19.67 | 19.54 |
T. B. Notifications per 1,000 population (all forms) | 2.13 | 1.51 | 1.81 | 1.97 | 1.94 | 2 08 | 2 03 | 1.77 | 2.05 | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.43 |
Death-rates per 1,000 population - Pulmonary T.B | 0,14 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.52 | 0.66 | 0.70 |
Diphtheria | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 0 004 | 0.004 | 0.008 | Nil | 0.004 |
Neoplasm of Lung, Bronchus & Trachea | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.57 | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.54 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Suicides | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.076 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.07 |
Motor Vehicle Accidents | 0.13 | 0 092 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.082 | 0.077 | 0.076 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.11 |
Other violent causes | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0. 22 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.43 | 0.37 |