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Islington 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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1907]
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—TABLE I.

Table: Table D.Showing theAnnual BirthandDeath-rates, Death-rates of Children,andDeathsinPublic Institutionsper1,000 Total Deathsfor the year1907,and 10 years preceding.

Table D.

Showing theAnnual BirthandDeath-rates, Death-rates of Children,andDeathsinPublic Institutionsper1,000 Total Deaths

for the year1907,and 10 years preceding.

Year.Birth-rates per 1,000 of the population.Death-rates per 1,000 of the population.*Corrected Death-rates per 1,000 of the population.Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 5 years per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths of Residents in Public Institutions per 1,000 ot Total Deaths
I2345678
190724.5814.6315.20117196303342
189729.216.017.1136248374240
189828.116.918.1159264425233
189928.718.720.0160246368252
190027.517.018.2145235342269
190127.615.916.5139241360286
190226.816.417.0132216338292
190326.514.314.8126235346318
190426.115.315.9128218333301
190525.514.415.0123217331319
190625.114.615.2125214331317
Average of 10 years.271I5.916.8137233355283

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* Rates in Columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the
year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths included in column 12
are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the
addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term " non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness
or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by the term " Residents" is meant persons
who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public
institutions elsewhere
The "Public Institutions" to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those
into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals,
workhouses, and lunatic asylums.
Area of District in '
acres (exclusive of
area covered by
water)
3.085
Total population at all ages, 334,991
Number of inhabited houses, 38,645
Average number of persons per house, 8 6
At Census
of 1901