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Islington 1922

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

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1922] 8

Showing the Births of Males and Females and the Birth-rates in each quarter and for the year 1922, and in the several Sub-Registration Districts.—contd.

Highbury.Barnsbury.Islington South-East.The Borough.
Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.Males.FemalesTotal.Birth rates.
1st Quarter14615630220.1621418139528.9122522444922.729939691,96223.51
2nd „15015530520.3618617335926.2724726351025.819719981,96923.59
3rd „14015529519.7017616634225.0322920843722.119299261,85522.22
4th „13413126517.6917614832423.7120419239620.048958251,72020.60
Year5705971,16719.477526681,42025.989058871,79222.673,7883,7187,50622.47

Illegitimate Births (207).—The number of illegitimate births, 207, shows an
increase of 2 on the return of the year 1921. They were equal to a rate of 2.76 per
1,000 registered births. A table for former decennial periods was given in Report 1922.

Notification of Births Act, 1907.- 5,928 births were notified or 78.5 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 Persons.Total.
Alive.Still bornAlive.Still born.Alive.Still born.Alive.Still born.
1922.
1st Quarter117107952257871,49039
2nd ,,123678922593131,50541
3rd „126872914593141,44836
4th „96467516564141,33534
Year462282,988742,328485,778150

DEATHS.
The deaths numbered 4,614, while the death-rate was equal to 13.82 per 1,000 of the
population, or 0.70 lower than that of the preceding year (1312), and was 1.55 less than
the average of the previous 10 years.

The Deaths and Death-rates from All Causes in the Sub RegistrationDistricts were as follows:—

Sub-Districts.Quarters.The Year.
1234
Deaths.Death Rates.Deaths.Death Rates.Deaths.Death Rates.Deaths.Death Rates.Deaths.Death Rates.
Tufnell17020.0212214.37789.199010.6046013.54
Upper Holloway17420.2311813.72768.8310512.2047313.75
Tollington17822.9310413.40759.668611.0844314.27
Lower Holloway25024.4612512.23939.1011110.8657914.16
Highbury27818.5617311.5515210.1516711.1577012.85
Barnsbury33224.3018113.251218.8517512.8080914.80
Islington (South. East)39119.7826513.411889.5123611.941,08013.66
The Borough1,77321.241,08813.037839.3897011.624,61413.82