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Islington 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1923]
| Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington South-East. | The Borough. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | |
| 1st Ouarter | 162 | 139 | 301 | 19.8 | 175 | 182 | 357 | 25.8 | 209 | 222 | 431 | 21.5 | 935 | 934 | 1,869 | 22.2 |
| 2nd „ | 182 | 145 | 307 | 20.2 | 178 | 201 | 379 | 27.4 | 217 | 205 | 422 | 21.0 | 968 | 945 | 1,913 | 22.7 |
| 3rd „ | 129 | 133 | 262 | 17.2 | 183 | 156 | 339 | 24.5 | 194 | 191 | 385 | 19.2 | 851 | 889 | 1,740 | 20.7 |
| 4th „ | 118 | 135 | 253 | 16.6 | 141 | 170 | 311 | 22.5 | 177 | 191 | 368 | 18.3 | 739 | 839 | 1,578 | 18.7 |
| Year | 571 | 552 | 1,123 | 18.4 | 677 | 709 | 1,386 | 25.0 | 797 | 809 | 1,606 | 20.0 | 3,493 | 3,607 | 7,100 | 21.1 |
Illegitimate Births (219).—The number of illegitimate births, 219, shows an
increase of 8 on the return of the year 1922. They were equal to a rate of 3.1 per
100 registered births. A table for former decennial periods was given in the Report for 1921.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.—5,493 births were notified, exclusive of
132 still born, or 77.3 per cent. of the total number that was registered during the year.
They were notified by doctors, midwives, parents and guardians as follows :
Notified by : Doctors. Midwives. Parents and other Total.
Persons.
Still Still Still Still
Alive. born Alive. born. Alive. born. Alive. born.
1923.
1st Quarter 158 5 721 21 550 10 1,432 36
2nd „ 233 8 730 13 527 9 1,490 30
3rd „ 251 4 6(52 18 370 8 1,283 30
4th „ 326 10 677 20 285 6 1,288 36
Year 968 27 2,793 72 1,732 33 5,493 132
DEATHS.
The deaths numbered 3,902, while the death.rate was equal to 116 per 1,000 of the
population, or 2 2 lower than that of the preceding year (13.8), and was 37 less than
the average of the previous 10 years. Indeed it was the lowest rate to be found in the
Borough records since 1841.
| Sub-Districts. | Quarters. | The Year. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
| Tufnell | 99 | 11.6 | 89 | 10.4 | 66 | 7.7 | 105 | 12.3 | 359 | 10.5 |
| Upper Holloway | 128 | 15.4 | 87 | 10.4 | 75 | 90 | 96 | 11.5 | 386 | 11.6 |
| lollington | 117 | 15.0 | 89 | 11.4 | 84 | 10.8 | 102 | 13 .1 | 392 | 12.5 |
| Lower Holloway | 140 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 102 | 9.8 | 123 | 11.8 | 493 | 11.9 | |
| Highbury | 174 | 11.4 | 162 | 10.7 | 130 | 8.5 | 179 | 11.8 | 645 | 10.6 |
| Barnsburv | 178 | 12.9 | 151 | 10.9 | 149 | 10.8 | 12 .1 13.3 | 646 981 | 11.7 12.2 | |
| Islington (South. East) | 277 | 13.8 | 216 | 10.8 | 221 | 110 | 267 | |||
| The Borough | 1,113 | 13.2 | 922 | 10.9 | 827 | 9.8 | 1,040 | 12.4 | 3,902 | 11.6 |