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Islington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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viii.
SUMMARY
of Vital Statistics, 1908.
Population (Estimated) Males 165,971 )
Females 183,120 Persons 349.091
Estimated increase on population,1907 2,074 persons.
Area 3,092 acres.
Density 113 persons per acre.
Marriages 2,781
Persons married 5,562
Persons married rate 15.63 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Births Males 4.447 Persons 8,665
Females 4,218
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Birth rate 24.35 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Deaths from All Causes Males 2,348) Persons4,679
Females 2,331
Death rate ,, „ 13.15 Per 1,000 inhabitants.
Deaths from principal Epidemic Diseases Males 188 358 persons
Females 170
Death rate 1.01 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Infantile Deaths under 1 year Males 522 Total 894
Females 372
Infantile mortality rate 103 per 1,000 births
Excess of Births over Deaths 3,986