[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary].

  • Islington (London, England). Parish. Vestry.
Date:
[1882]
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    TO THE VESTRY OF ST. MARY, ISLINGTON. Gentlemen, I submit herewith the statistics of births, deaths, and marriages for the year ending December 31st, 1881, and also the details of our sanitary work (in accordance with the requirements of the Act of Parliament) for the year ending March 25th, 1882. MARRIAGES, 1880 and 1881.—TABLE NO. 1. Islington. England and Wales. 1880. 1881. 1880. 1881. In the quarter ending March 466 400 41,202 37,914 „ „ June 533 563 45,851 50,230 „ „ September 642 683 47,662 48,529 „ ,. December 651 653 57,019 60,204 Total 2,192 2,299 191,734 196,877 The marriage rate in Islington is 161 per 1000 of the popu lation, against 15 8 of last year. There was therefore a slight increase in the marriage rate of the district. BIRTHS, 1881.—TABLE NO II. Western District. Eastern District. Whole Parish. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. 1st Qr. 601 549 1,150 780 709 1,489 1,381 1,258 2,639 2nd „ 582 530 1,112 727 678 1,405 1,309 1,208 2,517 3rd „ 525 526 1,051 705 655 1,360 1,230 1,181 2,411 4th „ 549 501 1,050 707 644 1,351 1,256 1,145 2,401 Total 2,257 2,106 4,363 2,919 2,686 5,605 5,176 4,792 9,968 The birth-rate is 35 0 per 1000 of the population, against 355 in 1880, and 368 in 1879. This is the smallest birth-rate re corded in our parish since the year 1862. I now give in tabular form the birth-rates for the last twenty one years, with certain statistical details arising therefrom.