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[1913
Upper Holloway.—(Estimated population, 37,894.) 587 deaths were
known, or 8 less than in 1912, but they were 34 more than the average of the
seven years 1906-1912. the figures for which were respectively 579 and
553. The death-rate for the year was 15.20 per 1,000 of the population, as
against 15-41 in 1912, and a mean rate of 15-11 from 190G to 1912.
Tollington.—(Estimated population, 29,807.) The 464 deaths registered
in this area showed an increase of 70 over the return for 1912, and of 46 over
that for the scptennium 1906-1912, and they represented a death-rate of
15-27 per 1,000, which may be contrasted with 13 06 in 1912 and with 13 40
in the seven years immediately preceding.
Lower Holloway.—(Estimated population, 38,861.) For several
years the mortality returns have run very evenly in this populous sub-district,
and they now only show an increase of 7 as compared with the preceding
year, while they are 8 below the septennial average. The deaths numbered
620, while in 1912 they were 613, and in the seven years averaged 613.
They represented a death-rate of 15.65 per 1,000, as against 15 68 in 1912,
and 15.81 in the years 1906-1912.
Highbury.—(Estimated population, 57,289.) This district is usually the
most healthy in the borough, and in 1913 was no exception to the rule, for the
deaths, which numbered 811, were equal to a death-rate of 13 89 per 1,000
inhabitants, which was the lowest returned by any of the districts. It is, however,
higher than that recorded in 1912, when it was 13.0. The mean
septennial rate was 12.66.
Barnsbury.—(Estimated population, 52,665.) 906 deaths were registered,
as compared with 820 in 19T2, and an average of 885 in the years
1906-1912, and represented a death-rate of 16.88 per 1,000, as contrasted with
15 52 in 1912 and a mean septennial death-rate of 16.61.
Islington South-East.—(Estimated population, 75,167.) This is
the largest area of the borough, and is more populous than many well-known
towns in England. Here the returns showed that 1,146 deaths were registered
during the year, as contrasted with 1,083 in the preceding year, and with an
average of 1,126 in the seven years 1906-1912. The resulting death-rate
represented 14.96 per 1,000 of the population, as contrasted with 15.19 in
1912 and 15.55 in the septennial period. It will be noticed that although
the deaths were more than those registered in 1912, yet the resulting deathrate
was less. This is due to the fact that part of Canonbury Ward, hitherto
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