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Clerkenwell 1900

Report on the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of Clerkenwell [West Division, Borough of Finsbury] for the year 1900

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Table: As regards their distribution, all the deaths belonging to Clerkenwell may be summarized briefly as follows:—

As regards their distribution, all the deaths belonging to Clerkenwell may be summarized briefly as follows:—

Intra-Parochial—
St. James215= 907
Amwell484
Goswell208
Extra-Parochial—
I. General Hospitals106= 496
2. Special Hospitals36
3. Fever Hospitals26
4. Poor Law Institutions294
5. Asylums15
6. Elsewhere (unclassifiable)19
Total1,403

Table: As regards distribution according to age, the following table of total deaths (intra-parochial and extra-parochial) at subjoined ages gives the comparative returns from 1896-1900 inclusive:—

As regards distribution according to age, the following table of total deaths (intra-parochial and extra-parochial) at subjoined ages gives the comparative returns from 1896-1900 inclusive:—

Mortality from All Causes at Subjoined Ages, 1896-1900. (Population remaining constant, 66,202).
At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Total Birth Rate.Total Death Rate.
18961,363399221414646619033.520.5
18971,451386243636547821631.621.9
18981,427403228484648621631.221.5
18991,478395197535152226030.922.3
19001,403328204494455322529.821.1

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For a comparison of the Clerkenwell death-rates over a number
of years, the following figures may be cited. These rates have