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Islington 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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Table: BIRTHS, 1879.—Table No. II.

BIRTHS, 1879.—Table No. II.

Western District.Eastern District.Whole Parish.
Male.Female.Total.Male.Female.Total.Male.Female.Total.
1st Qr.50754410516516801331115812242382
2nd „54450410486876781365123111822413
3rd „53851410527187491467125612632519
4th „58755411417337291462132012832603
Total217621164292278928365625496549529917

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The birth rate for Islington in 1879 was 35.7 per 1,000,
against 35.1 per 1,000 in 1878, and 35.6 per 1,000 in 1877. The
natural increase of population in Islington, therefore, during 1879,
was 4,596.
In London 134,096 births were registered. The birth rate,
therefore, for all London was 365 per 1,000, the natural increase
of the population of London being 48,550 souls.
I append a table giving certain details since 1860 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.