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Islington 1888
[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
registered in Islington during the year 1888 (which for the purposes
of Registration consists of 52 weeks, ending the 29th December,
1888), and also the details of our sanitary work (in accordance with
the requirements of the Act of Parliament) for the year ending
March 25th, 1889.
MARRIAGES, 1887 AND 1888.—TABLE NO . I.
| Islington. | England & Wales. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887. | 1888. | 1887. | 1888. | |
| In the quarter ending March | 419 | 444 | 38,804 | 40,206 |
| „ „ June | 301 | 556 | 52,432 | 51,489 |
| „ „September | 615 | 654 | 40,718 | 51,540 |
| „ „ December | 601 | 612 | 59,221 | 60,221 |
| Total | 2,236 | 2,266 | 200,175 | 203,456 |
The marriage-rate in Islington during 1888 was therefore 13.1
per 1,000 of the population, against 13.3 in 1887 and 13.3 in 1886.
BIRTHS, 1888.—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. | 357 | 366 | 723 | 432 | 409 | 841 | 275 | 234 | 509 | 213 | 182 | 396 | 1,277 | 1,191 | 2,468 |
| 2nd „ | 334 | 346 | 680 | 448 | 422 | 870 | 242 | 227 | 469 | 163 | 167 | 330 | 1,187 | 1,162 | 2,349 |
| 3rd „ | 351 | 325 | 676 | 419 | 401 | 820 | 265 | 240 | 505 | 180 | 174 | 354 | 1,216 | 1,140 | 2,356 |
| 4th „ | 350 | 342 | 602 | 426 | 439 | 865 | 257 | 207 | 464 | 194 | 181 | 375 | 1,227 | 1,169 | 2,396 |
| Total | 1,392 | 1,379 | 2,771 | 1,725 | 1,671 | 3,396 | 1,039 | 908 | 1,947 | 750 | 704 | 1,454 | 4,906 | 4,662 | 9,568 |
The birth-rate is 27.6 per 1,000 of the population, against 28'9
in 1887 and 30.0 in 1886. This is the smallest birth-rate ever
recorded in our Parish, the rate being considerably below that of the
three previous years, when the birth-rate was very much falling.
I now give in tabular form the birth-rates for the last twenty-one
years, with certain statistical details arising therefrom.