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Islington 1923

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

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SUMMARY
of Vital Statistics in the Registration Year 1923.
Population (Enumerated at Census, 1921) 330,737 persons
„ Estimated Mid-Year 1923 336,600 persons
Increase on Census population, 1921 5,863 persons
Mean Population, ten years (1913-1922) 318,529 persons
Area 3,092 acres
Density (Mid year 1923) 109 persons per acre
Males 3,493 persons 7,100
Births Females 3,607
Birth rate 21.10 per 1,000 inhabitants
Deaths from All Causes Females l,984 Persons 3,902
Death rate 11.60 per 1,000 inhabitants
Males 62 128persons
Deaths from Principal Epidemic Diseases Females 66
Death rate 0.38 per 1,000 inhabitants
Deaths from All Tuberculosis Males 234 389 persons
Females 155
Death rate l.16per 1,000 inhabitants
Deaths from Respiratory Tuberculosis Males 203 337 persons
Females 134
Death rate 1.00 per 1,000 inhabitants
Infantile deaths under 1 year Males 255 Total 473
Females 218
Infantile mortality rate 66 per 1,000 births
Excess of Births over Deaths 3,198
Rateable value of Borough of Islington £1,886,328
Sum represented by a penny rate £7,830