Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Quarter. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth Rates. | |||
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Islington, 1925. | Islington, 1915-24. | London, 1925. | 105 Great Towns, 1925. | ||||
First | 876 | 811 | 1,087 | 19.9 | 22.0 | 19.1 | 19.3 |
Second | 904 | 813 | 1,717 | 20.2 | 21.8 | 19.3 | 19.9 |
Third | 852 | 808 | 1,660 | 19.6 | 20.6 | 18.5 | 19.0 |
Fourth | 765 | 751 | 1,516 | 17.9 | 20.6 | 16.9 | 17.6 |
The Year 1925 | 3,397 | 3,183 | *6,580 | 19.4 | 21.3 | 18.0 | 18.8 |
1924 | 3,470 | 3,329 | 6,799 | 19.8 | 19.4 | 18.7 | 19.4 |
Increase or decrease | — 73 | — 146 | -216 | -0.4 | — 1.9 | — 0.7 | — 0.6 |
Quarter. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth Rates. | |||
Islington, 1925. | Islington, 1915-24. | London, 1925. | 105 Great Towns, 1925. | ||||
876 | 811 | 1,087 | 19.9 | 22.0 | 19.1 | 19.3 | |
Second | 904 | 813 | 1,717 | 20.2 | 21.8 | 19.3 | 19.9 |
Third | 852 | 808 | 1,660 | 19.6 | 20.6 | 18.5 | 19.0 |
Fourth | 765 | 751 | 1,516 | 17.9 | 20.6 | 16.9 | 17.6 |
The Year 1925 | 3,397 | 3,183 | *6,580 | 19.4 | 21.3 | 18.0 | 18.8 |
1924 | 3,470 | 3,329 | 6,799 | 19.8 | 19.4 | 18.7 | 19.4 |
— 73 | — 146 | -216 | -0.4 | — 1.9 | — 0.7 | — 0.6 |
* These include 1,118 births which occurred in Lying-in Institutions, etc., outside the Borough.
N.B.-The total registered births given by the Registrar-General for the Calendar year, 1925,
will be found at the foot of table on p. 12.
Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Hollo way. | |||||||||||||
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Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | 1 Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | |
1st Quater | 79 | 94 | 173 | 20.2 | 81 | 68 | 149 | 18.5 | 81 | 65 | 146 | 18.6 | 110 | 124 | 234 | 22.2 |
2nd Quater | 93 | 72 | 165 | 19.2 | 82 | 75 | 157 | 19.5 | 72 | 82 | 154 | 19.6 | 120 | 99 | 219 | 20.8 |
3rd Quater | 79 | 89 | 148 | 17.2 | 106 | 105 | 211 | 26.2 | 58 | 65 | 123 | 15.7 | 102 | 94 | 196 | 18.6 |
4th Quater | 66 | 60 | 126 | 14.7 | 90 | 106 | 196 | 24.4 | 49 | 54 | 103 | 13.1 | 121 | 99 | 220 | 20.9 |
Year | 317 | 295 | 612 | 17.8 | 359 | 354 | 713 | 22.2 | 260 | 266 | 526 | 16.7 | 453 | 416 | 869 | 20.6 |
Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Hollo way. | |||||||||||||
Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | 1 Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | |
1st Quater | 79 | 94 | 173 | 20.2 | 81 | 68 | 149 | 18.5 | 81 | 65 | 146 | 18.6 | 110 | 124 | 234 | 22.2 |
2nd Quater | 93 | 72 | 165 | 19.2 | 82 | 75 | 157 | 19.5 | 72 | 82 | 154 | 19.6 | 120 | 99 | 219 | 20.8 |
3rd Quater | 79 | 89 | 148 | 17.2 | 106 | 105 | 211 | 26.2 | 58 | 65 | 123 | 15.7 | 102 | 94 | 196 | 18.6 |
4th Quater | 66 | 60 | 126 | 14.7 | 90 | 106 | 196 | 24.4 | 49 | 54 | 103 | 13.1 | 121 | 99 | 220 | 20.9 |
Year | 317 | 295 | 612 | 17.8 | 359 | 354 | 713 | 22.2 | 260 | 266 | 526 | 16.7 | 453 | 416 | 869 | 20.6 |
Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington South-East. | The Borough. | |||||||||||||
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Males. | Females | Total | Birth rates. | Males | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | |
1st Quater | 145 | 137 | 282 | 18.3 | 152 | 136 | 288 | 20.6 | 228 | 187 | 415 | 20.4 | 876 | 811 | 1,687 | 19.9 |
2nd Quater | 137 | 151 | 288 | 18.7 | 182 | 155 | 337 | 24.1 | 218 | 179 | 397 | 19.5 | 904 | 813 | 1,717 | 20.2 |
3rd Quater | 165 | 154 | 319 | 20.7 | 151 | 150 | 301 | 21.5 | 191 | 171 | 362 | 17.8 | 852 | 808 | 1,660 | 19.6 |
4thQuater | 120 | 112 | 232 | 15.0 | 136 | 151 | 287 | 20.5 | 183 | 169 | 352 | 17.3 | 765 | 751 | 1,516 | 17.9 |
Year | 567 | 554 | 1,121 | 18.2 | 621 | 592 | 1,213 | 21.7 | 820 | 706 | 1,526 | 18.7 | 3,397 | 3,183 | 6,580 | 19.4 |
Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington South-East. | The Borough. | |||||||||||||
Males. | Females | Total | Birth rates. | Males | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | |
1st Quater | 145 | 137 | 282 | 18.3 | 152 | 136 | 288 | 20.6 | 228 | 187 | 415 | 20.4 | 876 | 811 | 1,687 | 19.9 |
2nd Quater | 137 | 151 | 288 | 18.7 | 182 | 155 | 337 | 24.1 | 218 | 179 | 397 | 19.5 | 904 | 813 | 1,717 | 20.2 |
3rd Quater | 165 | 154 | 319 | 20.7 | 151 | 150 | 301 | 21.5 | 191 | 171 | 362 | 17.8 | 852 | 808 | 1,660 | 19.6 |
4thQuater | 120 | 112 | 232 | 15.0 | 136 | 151 | 287 | 20.5 | 183 | 169 | 352 | 17.3 | 765 | 751 | 1,516 | 17.9 |
567 | 554 | 1,121 | 18.2 | 621 | 592 | 1,213 | 21.7 | 820 | 706 | 1,526 | 18.7 | 3,397 | 3,183 | 6,580 | 19.4 |
Illegitimate Births (196).—The number of illegitimate births, 196,
shows an increase of 10 on the return of the year 1924. They are equal to a rate
per 100 registered births. A table for former decennial periods was given in
the Report for 1921.