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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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viii.
SUMMARY
of Vital Statistics, 1907.
Population (Estimated)
Males 164,985
Females 182,032
Persons 347,017
Estimated increase on population, 1906 2,030 persons.
Area 3,092 acres.
Density 112 persons per acre.
Marriages 2,962
Persons married 5,924
Persons married rate 14.04 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Births
Males 4,338
Females 4,193
Persons 8,531
Birth rate 24.58 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Deaths from All Causes.
Males 2,554
Females 2,525
Persons 5,079
Death rate „ „ 14.63 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Deaths from principal Epidemic Diseases
Males 213
Females 219
432 persons.
Death rate 1.24 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Infantile Deaths under 1 year
Males 534
Females 462
Total 996
Infantile mortality rate 117 per 1,000 births.
Excess of Births over Deaths 3,452