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Islington 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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TO THE
VESTRY OF ST. MARY ISLINGTON.
Gentlemen,
I submit herewith the statistics of births, deaths and marriages
for the year 1884 (which for the purposes of Registration consisted of 53
weeks, ending the 3rd January, 1885), and also the details of our sanitary
work (in accordance with the requirements of the Act of Parliament) for the
year ending March 25th, 1885.
MARRIAGES, 1883 AND 1884.—T ABLE N O . I.
| Islington. | England and Wales. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883. | 1884. | 1883. | 1884. | |
| In the quarter ending March | 504 | 440 | 44,096 | 41,538 |
| „ „ June | 521 | 624 | 48,057 | 53,639 |
| „ „ September | 693 | 691 | 52,239 | 50,275 |
| „ „ December | 653 | 639 | 61,992 | 58,553 |
| Total | 2,371 | 2,394 | 206,384 | 204,005 |
The marriage-rate in Islington during 1884 was therefore 15.5 per 1,000 of the population, against 15.5 and 16.1 in the two previous years.
BIRTHS, 1884.—Table No. II
| UPPER HOLLOWAY. | ISLINGTON, SOUTH-WEST. | ISLINGTON, SOUTH-EAST. | HIGHBURY. | WHOLE PARISH. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
| 1st Qr. | 347 | 301 | 648 | 511 | 449 | 960 | 244 | 281 | 525 | 169 | 201 | 370 | 1,271 | 1,232 | 2,503 |
| 2nd ,, | 359 | 298 | 657 | 485 | 456 | 941 | 260 | 234 | 494 | 201 | 174 | 375 | 1,305 | 1,162 ' | 2,467 |
| 3rd „ | 342 | 322 | 664 | 419 | 408 | 827 | 252 | 234 | 486 | 196 | 198 | 394 | 1,209 | 1,162 ' | 2,371 |
| 4 th „ | 349 | 353 | 702 | 526 | 484 | 1,010 | 258 | 271 | 529 | 213 | 216 | 429 | 1,346 | 1,324 | 2,670 |
| Total | 1,397 | 1,274 | 2,671 | 1,941 | 1,797 | 3,738 | 1,014 | 1,020 | 2,034 | 779 | 789 | 1,568 | 5,131 | 4,880 | 10,011 |
The birth-rate is 32.3 per 1,000 of the population, against 32.8 in 1883,
and 34.3 in 1882. This is the smallest birth-rate recorded in our Parish since
the year 1858, when the rate was 32.1
I now give in tabular form the birth-rates for the last twenty-one years,
with certain statistical details arising therefrom.