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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS
Area of the Borough 3.678 acres Population (Registrar-General's estimate Mid-year 1965) 256.610
| Births | Totals | M | F | Rate per 1,000 Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islington | England & Wales | |||||
| Legitimate | 5,201 | 2,628 | 2. 573 | 0.83 (Area Comparability Factor) | 19.6 (Adjusted) | 18. 0 |
| Illegitimate | 874 | 449 | 425 | |||
| Live Births | 6.075 | 3,077 | 2,998 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | ||||||
| Islington | England & Wales | |||||
| Legitimate | 93 | 46 | 47 | 15.7 | 15.7 | |
| Illegitimate | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Still Births | 97 | 47 | 50 | |||
| Total Live and Still Births | 6. 172 | |||||
| Illegitimate live births percentage of total live births | 14.4 | |||||
| Notifications of Births (year ended 31st December 1965) | 5,962 (corrected figure) | |||||
| Marriages (Provisional figures) solemnised in the Borough | 2,835 | |||||
| Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Population | |||||
| Total | M | F | Islington | England & Wales | ||
| All Deaths | 2,935 | 1,419 | 1,5116 | 1.04 . (Area Comparability Factor) | 11.9 (Adjusted) | 11.5 |
| Infant deaths under 1 year | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
| Total 130 | Islington | England & Wales | ||||
| 21.4 | 19.0 | |||||
| Legitimate | 21.1 | |||||
| Illegitimate | 22.9 | |||||
| Early neonatal mortality (deaths under 1 week) | 13.3 | |||||
| Neonatal mortality (deaths under 4 weak) | 15.6 | |||||
| Rate per 1,000 Total Live and Still Births | ||||||
| Perinatal mortality (still births and deaths under 1 week combined) 28. | 28.8 | |||||
| Maternal deaths (including abortion) | 3 | 3.49 | 0.25 | |||