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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 1960
[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 1960: 222,940
Live Births
BIRTH RATE PER 1,000 ESTIMATED
RESIDENT POPULATION
Totals M. F. Islington England &
Wales
Area
Unadjusted Comparability Adjusted
Factor
Legitimate 4,543 2,346 2, 197
Illegitimate 652 330 322
5,195 2,676 2,519 23.3 0.92 21.4 17.1
Illegitimate live births per cent
of total live births 12.6
Still Births
RATE PER 1,000 TOTAL (LIVE AND STILL)
BIRTHS
Totals M. F. Islington England &
Wales
Legitimate 85 49 36
Illegitimate 20 11 9
105 60 45 19.8 19.8
Total live and Still Births 5,300
Notifications of Births
For the year ended 31st December, 1960 5, 187 (corrected figure from
L.C.C.)
Marriages
(Provisional figures)
Marriages solemnised in the Borough during the year 2,367