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Islington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1908]
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—Table I.
Table E.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Non-Residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | Number. | Death Rate. | |||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Death Rate | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1898 | 336,727 | 9,453 | 28.1 | 1,504 | 159 | 5.746 | 17.1 | 1,327 | 558 | 517 | 5,705 | 16.9 |
| 1899 | 336,259 | 9,658 | 28.7 | 1,548 | 160 | 6,395 | 19.0 | 1,586 | 695 | 593 | 6,293 | 18.7 |
| 1900 | 335,892 | 9,254 | 27.5 | 1,344 | 145 | 5,767 | 17.2 | 1.542 | 599 | 553 | 5,721 | 17.0 |
| 1901 | 335,325 | 9,264 | 27.6 | 1,290 | 139 | 5,222 | 15.6 | 1,394 | 491 | 630 | 5,361 | 15.9 |
| 1902 | 337,268 | 9,214 | 26.8 | 1,219 | 132 | 5,530 | 16.1I | 1,541 | 632 | 737 | 5,635 | 16.4 |
| 1903 | 339,137 | 8,983 | 26.5 | 1,136 | 126 | 4,772 | 14.1 | 1.472 | 560 | 627 | 4,839 | 14.3 |
| 1904 | 341,044 | 8,890 | 26.0 | 1,1!77 | 132 | 5.241 | 15.4 | 1,619 | 632 | 627 | 5,236 | 15.3 |
| 1905 | 342,994 | 8,756 | 25.5 | 1,032 | 118 | 4,902 | 14.3 | 1,528 | 566 | 619 | 4,955 | 14.4 |
| 1906 | 344,987 | 8.659 | 25.1 | 1,045 | 120 | 5,000 | 14.5 | 1,589 | 634 | 684 | 5,050 | 14.6 |
| 1907 | 347,017 | 8,531 | 24.6 | 943 | 110 | 4,987 | 14.4 | 1,675 | 593 | 685 | 5,079 | 14.6 |
| Averages for yrs. 1 8 9 8 -1907. | 339,665 | 9,066 | 26.6 | 1,224 | 135 | 5,356 | 15.8 | 1,527 | 596 | 627 | 5,387 | 15.9 |
| 1908 | 349,091 | 8,665 | 24.3 | 827 | 95 | 4,530 | 12.'73 | 1,566 | 568 | 717 | 4,679 | 13.15 |
*Rates in Columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note-The deaths included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the
year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths included in column 12
are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the
addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term " non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness
or infirmity, and dying in public institution there; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons
who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public
institutions elsewhere.
The "Public Institutions" taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into
which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals,
workhouse, and lunatic asylums.
Area of District in
acres (exclusive of
area covered by
water
Total population at all ages, 334,991
3,085 Number of inhabited houses, 38,645
Average number of persons per house, 8.6
At Census
of 1901