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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 1970

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

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VITAL STATISTICS
Area — 3,678 acres
Population (Estimated Mid-Year) — 227,340
Marriages solemnised in the Borough 2,055 (provisional)
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Table: Population (estimated mid. year)-227,340Marriages Solemnised in the borough 2,005 (Provisinal)

Population (estimated mid. year)-227,340

Marriages Solemnised in the borough 2,005 (Provisinal)

BIRTHS
TotalMaleFemale
Live Births —Legitimate3,2731,6761,597
Illegitimate594302292
3,8671,9781,889
IslingtonEngland and Wales
Live Birth Rate Per 1,000 Population17.016.0
Birth rate after applying 'Area Comparability' Factor of 0.8013.6
Illegitimate Live Births Per Cent of Total Live Births15.48.3
Still Births —TotalMaleFemale
Legitimate342212
Illegitimate752
412714
IslingtonEngland and Wales
Still Birth Rate Per 1,000 Population0.180.21
Still birth rate per 1,000 live and still births10.513.0
TotalMaleFemale
Total Live and Still Births —
Legitimate3,3071,6981,609
Illegitimate601307294
3,9082,0051,903
DEATHS
TotalMaleFemale
All Causes2,5031,2271,276
IslingtonEngland and Wales
Death Rate (Crude) Per 1,000 Population11.011.7
Death rate after applying 'Area Comparability' factor of 1.0912.0