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[1908
One has only to see what has happened, and is happening, in Highbury to
appreciate the fact. Indeed the present state of Upper Street, which for
years was the principal business thoroughfare of the district, is its confirmation,
for the wealthier class of people having gone farther afield to live, the business
people who catered for them have to a very great extent lost their customers,
and so their trade has diminished.
Ages at Death.—These are fully set out in Table XVIII., in which it is
seen that compared with the preceding ten years there has been a decrease in
the number of deaths registered at all ages, except amongst people 75 years
old and upwards.
The decrease in the deaths amongst children under 1 year old as compared
with the average was 339, while between 1 and 5 years it was 221, so
that altogether there was a decrease of 560 deaths amongst children under
5 years of age. Between 5 and 15 years old the deaths showed a decrease of
only 4, having fallen from 165 to 161. Between 15 and 25 years of age they
decreased from an average of 203 to 170, thus discovering a saving of 33 lives.
Between 25 and 35 there was a decrease of 56, the number registered being
257 as compared with an average 313. The next period of life, 35 to 45 years,
exhibited a saving of 22 lives, the number of deaths registered being 408 as comas
compared with an average of 430. In the age period, 45 to 55 years, 471
deaths were registered, or 64 less than in the preceding 10 years. From 55 to 65
years of age, 597 deaths were registered as against 621 in the preceding
years; while between 65 and 75 there were 637 deaths in contrast with 650
in the preceding decade.
When, however, the return for the age period of 75 to 85 years of age
is studied, it is found that 510 deaths were registered in 1908, or 46 more
than the average (464) of the preceding 10 years. Again, among persons 85
years old and upwards there was an increase of 22 deaths, the number being
148, as contrasted with 126 in the decade 1898-1907.
Mortality in Sub-Registration Districts.—The mortality in the
seven sub-registration districts into which Islington is divided is fully set
out in Table XVI., which also gives the deaths and death-rates for the preceding
7 years.
In this table it is seen that the death-rate in each of the sub-registration
districts was below the average of the preceding seven years. Thus in
Tufnell it was 11.96, as against 14.11 per thousand; in Upper Holloway 12.91,