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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 1961

[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 1961:227, 170
Live BirthsBIRTH RATE PER 1,000 ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION
TotalsM.F.UnadjustedIslington Area Comparability FactorAdjustedEngland & Wales
Legitimate4, 6742, 4052, 269
Illegitimate738390348
5, 4122, 7952,61723.80.9121.717.4
Illegitimate live births per cent of
totallive births13.6
Still BirthsRATE PER 1,000 TOTAL (LIVE AND STILL) BIRTHS
TotalsM.F.IslingtonEngland & Wales
Legitimate795029
Illegitimate1376
92573516.719. 1
Total live and Still Births5, 504
Notifications of Births
For the year ended 31st December, 1961.5, 394 (corrected figure from
L.C.C.)
Marriages
(Provisional figures
Marriages solemnised in the Borough the year2, 404