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Islington 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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BIRTHS, 1878.—Table No. II.
| Western District. | Eastern District. | Whole Parish. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| 1st Qtr. | 520 | 547 | 1,067 | 652 | 682 | 1,334 | 1,172 | 1,229 | 2,401 |
| 2nd „ | 525 | 498 | 1,023 | 643 | 700 | 1,343 | 1,168 | 1,198 | 2,366 |
| 3rd „ | 532 | 516 | 1,048 | 714 | 636 | 1,350 | 1,246 | 1,152 | 2,398 |
| 4th „ | 495 | 543 | 1,038 | 655 | 598 | 1,253 | 1,150 | 1,141 | 2,291 |
| Total | 2,072 | 2,104 | 4,176 | 2,664 | 2,6l6 | 5,280 | 4.736 | 4,720 | 9,456 |
The birth rate for Islington in 1878 was 35.1 per 1,000,
against 363 per 1,000 in 1876, and 35.6 per 1,000 in 1877. The
natural increase of population in Islington therefore during 1878
was 4.298.
In London 129,184 births were registered. The birth rate,
therefore, for all London was 36.2 per 1,000, the natural increase
of the population of London being 45,489 souls.
During the year 1,142,525 births were registered in the
United Kingdom, and 716,165 deaths. This gives, therefore, a
natural increase of the population of 426,360.
I append a table giving certain details since 1857 of the birth
rate in our parish, and its relationship to the death rate as shown
by the excess of registered births over registered deaths.