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Islington 1908

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

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Table: The corrected numbers are as follows:—

The corrected numbers are as follows:—

DistrictCorrected number of Births of Residents.Corrected Birth-rate per 1000.
Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.1908.1907.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury4122748915.013.9
Holborn6081062724.023.2
Whole Borough1,020461,06619.218.3

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In London the corrected number of births was 122,898, or a rate of 25.2
per 1,000.
In England and Wales the number of births was 942,611, or a rate of 26.5
per 1,000.

Table: MORTALITY. The following deaths have been registered in the Borough (1908):—

MORTALITY. The following deaths have been registered in the Borough (1908):—

St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.Total.
Males159441600
Females128336464
Total2877771,064

Table: Of these deaths the following occurred in Public Institutions, &c., within the area of the Borough:—

Of these deaths the following occurred in Public Institutions, &c., within the area of the Borough:—

INSTITUTION.Residents.Non-Residents.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.St. Giles and Bloomsbury.Holborn.
St. Giles Workhouse5417-
French Hospital2128-
British Lying-in Hospital2-13-
Children's Hospital816-414
National Hospital1--40
London Homœopathic Hospital—9-45
Italian Hospital24-15
Alexandra Hospital---7
Private1-1812
Total703166533