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Note.— The Births, Deaths and Marriages relate to the year 1890 (viz., 53 weeks from
January 1st, 1890, to January 3rd, 1891). The records of sanitary work (in accordance
with the Act of Parliament) relate to the year ending March 25th, 1891.
TO THE
VESTRY OF ST. MARY, ISLINGTON.
Gentlemen,
During the year ending 3rd January, 1891, 9,419 children
were born in Islington, and 5,718 persons died.
Within the same period 2,485 Marriages were celebrated.
The birth-rate therefore for 1890 was 25.6 per 1,000 of the
population (against 26.8 in 1889), the death-rate 15.6 (against 13.3
in 1889), and the marriage-rate 13.5 (against 13.7 in 1889).
The birth-rate for 1890 is the lowest to be found in our Islington
records. Since 1868, the birth-rate (which was then 39.4 per 1,000),
has been steadily decreasing.
The death-rate for the year has, however, shewn a slight increase,
which, no doubt, is to be attributed to the extreme severity of the
weather during the latter part of the year. the deaths ascribed to
diseases of the Respiratory Organs and to Old Age were the highest
ever recorded in the parish, whilst the number of deaths from Phthisis
shew also a marked excess