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Islington 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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BIRTHS, 1877.-T ABLE N O . IV.
| Western District. | Eastern District. | Whole Parish. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Ferrale. | Total. | |
| 1st Qtr. | 558 | 495 | 1,5 3 | 692 | 583 | 1,275 | 1,250 | 1,078 | 2,328 |
| 2nd ,, | 517 | 481 | 998 | 660 | 647 | 1,307 | 1.177 | 1,128 | 2,305 |
| 3rd „ | 522 | 524 | 1,046 | 677 | 636 | 1.313 | 1,199 | 1,16o | 2.359 |
| 4th „ | 524 | 488 | 1,012 | 657 | 649 | 1,306 | 1,l8l | 1,137 | 2,318 |
| Total | 2,121 | 1 ,988 | 4,109 | 2,686 | 2,515 | 5,201 | 4,807 | 4,503 | 9,310 |
Thus the birth rate in Islington for 1876 was 36.3 per 1,000 of
the population, and for 1877 it was 35.6 per 1,000.
The birth rate for all England was 36.6 per 1,000 for 1876, this
being the highest birth rate on record, and 34.5 for 1877.
For 1877 the birth rate in France was 25.6 per 1,000, whilst in
Austria it was between 39 and 40, or more than one-half greater
than in France.
I append a table giving certain details since 1856 of the birth
rate in our parish, and its relationship to the death rate as illustrated
by the excess of births over registered deaths.