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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 1963

[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 o f the Borough3,092 acres
Population Registrar-General's estimate of civilian population - Mid-year 1963:227,410
Live BirthsBIRTHRATE PER 1,000 ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION
TotalsM.F.IslingtonEngland & Wales
UnadjustedArea Comparability Facto rAdjusted
Legitimate4,8072,4022,40525.10. 8220.618.2
Illegitimate910477433
5,7172,8792,838
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 15.9
Still BirthsRATE PER 1,000 TOTAL (LIVE AND STILL) BIRTHS
TotalsM.F.IslingtonEngland & Wales
Legitimate78393917.017.0
Illegitimate211110
995049
Total live and Still Births 5,816
Notifications of Births
For the year ended 31st December, 1963 5,577 (corrected figure from L.C.C.)

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Marriages
(Provisional figures)
Marriages solemnised in the Borough during the year 2,465