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Islington 1912

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

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326
1912]
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—TABLE I.

Table: Metropolitan Borough of Islington.VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1912AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

Metropolitan Borough of Islington.

VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1912AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

Year,Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable Deaths.+Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
Uncorrected Number.Neit.Of Non-Residents registered in the District.Of Residents not registered in the District.Under 1 Year of AgeAt all Ages.
Number.Rate.Number.*Rate.Number.*Rate per 1,000 nett Births.Number.*Rate.
12345678910111213
1907330.2418,531—-2584.9871515936859961175.07915.4
1908329,4878,665—-2581.5301375687178941034.67913.9
1909328,7358,198—-2494.78214 563477 08411034,91814.9
1910327.9858,201—-2504.376133563710777954.52313.8
1911327.2477.7298,1132484.643I4'26408631,0401284,86614.9
1912326,3988,0518,2112514.343133509861710864,68214.3

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Notes.-—This Table is arranged to show the gross births and deaths in the district, and the births
and deaths properly belonging to it with the corresponding rates The rates are calculated per iooo
of the estimated gross population.
*In Column 6 are included the whole of the deaths registered during the year as having actually
occurred within the district.
In Column 12 is entered the number in Column 6, corrected by subtraction of the number in
Column 8 and by addition of the number in Column g. Deaths in Column io are similarly
corrected by subtraction of the deaths under i, included in the number given in Column 8, and by
addition of the deaths under i included in the number given in Column g.
†"Transferable Deaths" are deaths of persons who, having a fixed or usual residence in England
or Wales, die in a district other than that in which they resided. The deaths of persons without
fixed or usual residence, eg., casuals, must not be included in Columns 8 or g, except in certain
instances under 3 (b) below. In Column 8 the number of transferable deaths of "non-residents"
are deducted, and in Column 9 the number of deaths of "residents" registered outside he district
are added in calculating the nett death-rate of the district.
The following special cases arise as to Transferable Deaths:—
(1) Persons dying in Institutions for the sick or infirm, such as hospitals, lunatic asylums, workhouses,
and nursing homes (but not almshouses) are regarded as residents of the district in which
they had a fixed or usual residence at the time of admission. If the person dying in an Institution
had no fixed residence at the time of admission, the death is not transferable. If the patient has
been directly transferred from one such Institution to another, the death is transferable to the
district of residence at the time of admission to the first Institution.
(2) The deaths of infants born and dying within a year of birth in an Institution to which the
mother was admitted for her confinement is referred to the district of fixed or usual residence
of the parent.
(3) Deaths from Violence are referred (a) to the district of residence, under the general rule
(6) ii this district is unknown, or the deceased had no fixed abode, to the district where the accident
occurred, if kr.own; (c) failing this, to the district where death occurred, if known; and (d) failing
this to the district where the bodv was found.
Area of District in
acres (land and r
inland water) ...
3,092
Total population at all ages, 327,403
Number of inhabited houses, 36,778
Average number of persons per house, 8 9
At Census
of 1911.