Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St. Mary ]
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No. I.
MARRIAGES, 1889 [ and 1890].
Islington. | EnglandWales. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1880. | 1800. | 1889. | 1890. | |
In the quarter ending March | 422 | 399 | 40,963 | 40,812 |
„ „Tune | 640 | 638 | 55,686 | 59,044 |
„ „ September | 714 | 720 | 53,771 | 57,042 |
„ „ December | 661 | 728 | 63,276 | 65.790 |
Total | 2,443 | 2,485 | 213,696 | 222,688 |
The marriage-rates per 1,000 of the population for the past ten years, are as follows:—
1881 | 16.1 | 1886 | 13.3 |
1882 | 16.1 | 1887 | 13.3 |
1883 | 15 5 | 1888 | 13.1 |
1884 | 15.5 | 1889 | 13.7 |
1885 | 14.3 | 1890 | 13.5 |
No. II. BIRTHS, 1890.
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. | 363 | 336 | 699 | 447 | 427 | 874 | 255 | 236 | 491 | 199 | 215 | 414 | 1,264 | 1,214 | 2,478 |
2nd „ | 347 | 291 | 638 | 420 | 433 | 853 | 232 | 229 | 461 | 185 | 162 | 347 | 1,184 | 1,115 | 2,299 |
3rd „ | 356 | 358 | 714 | 412 | 401 | 813 | 254 | 249 | 503 | 189 | 161 | 350 | 1,211 | 1,169 | 2,380 |
4th „ | 334 | 355 | 689 | 389 | 382 | 771 | 241 | 220 | 461 | 167 | 174 | 341 | 1,131 | 1,131 | 2,262 |
Total | 1,400 | 1,340 | 2,740 | 1,668 | 1,643 | 3,311 | 982 | 934 | 1,916 | 740 | 712 | 1,452 | 4,790 | 4,629 | 9,419 |
The birth-rate is 25.6 per 1,000 of the population, being the
smallest birth-rate recorded in our Parish.
I now give in tabular form certain statistical information relating
to the births for the last twenty-one years.