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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 1962

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

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Table: SECTION AGENERAL 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 1962 227,870
Live BirthsBIRTHRATE PER 1,000 ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION
TotalsM.F.IslingtonEngland & Wales
UnadjustedArea Comparability FactorAdjusted
Legitimate 4,8872, 5252,362
Illegitimate 910479431 25.40,9223.418.0
5,7973,0042, 793
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births15.7
Still BirthsRATE PER 1,000 TOTAL (LIVE AND STILL) BIRTHS
TotalsM.F.IslingtonEngland & Wales
Legitimate 764135
Illegitimate 25121317.118 1
1015348
Total live and Still Births5,898
Notifications of Births
For the year ended 31st December, 19625,774 (corrected figure from L.C. C.)
Marriages
(Provisional figures)
Marriages solemnised in the Borough during the year2,512