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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 I. Name of District—Clerkenwell. FOR WHOLE DISTRICT.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non-Residents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1890 | 65,885 | 2,204 | 33.4 | 367 | 166.5 | 1,184 | 17.9 | 442 | — | 442 | 1,626 | 24.3 |
| 1891 | 66,216 | 2,222 | 33.5 | 351 | 157.9 | 1,171 | 17.0 | 475 | — | 475 | 1,646 | 24.0 |
| 1892 | 66,216 | 2,175 | 32.8 | 347 | 159.5 | 1,125 | 18.0 | 484 | — | 484 | 1,609 | 23.0 |
| 1893 | 66,216 | 2,106 | 31.8 | 396 | 188 0 | 1.183 | 17.0 | 551 | — | 551 | 1,634 | 26.0 |
| 1894 | 66,216 | 2,180 | 32.9 | 309 | 141.7 | 807 | 12.0 | 420 | — | 420 | 1,227 | 18.0 |
| 1895 | 66,202 | 2,083 | 31.4 | 376 | 180.5 | 1,038 | 14.0 | 450 | — | 450 | 1,488 | 22.0 |
| 1896 | 66,202 | 2,223 | 33.5 | 357 | 160.5 | 923 | 13.9 | 440 | — | 440 | 1,363 | 20.5 |
| 1897 | 66,202 | 2,092 | 31 6 | 342 | 163.4 | 966 | 14.6 | 485 | — | 485 | 1,451 | 21.9 |
| 1898 | 66,202 | 2,072 | 31.2 | 357 | 172.2 | 933 | 14.0 | 493 | — | 493 | 1,426 | 21.5 |
| 1899 | 66,202 | 2,050 | 30.9 | 395 | 192.6 | 925 | 13.9 | 553 | — | 553 | 1,478 | 22.3 |
| Averages for years 1890-1899 ) | 66,175 | 2,140 | 32.3 | 359 | 167.7 | 945 | 14.2 | 479 | — | 479 | 1,494 | 22.1 |
| 1900 | 66,202 | 1,973 | 29.8 | 296 | 150.0 | 907 | 13.7 | 496 | — | 496 | 1,403 | 21.1 |
* Rates 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 illness, and dying there; and by the term "Residents" is meant
persons who have been taken out of the district on account of illness, and have
died elsewhere.
Area of District in } Total P°Pulation at a11 a8es' 66-216 \ g ^
acres (exclusive of ! Number of inhabited houses, 7,363 - 1 §
area covered by 1 o ^
water) .. .. Average number of persons per house, 8-9 * < °
Area of District in
acres (exclusive of
area covered by
water)
380
Total population at all ages, 66,216
Number of inhabited houses, 7,363
Average number of persons per house, 8.9
At Census
of 1891.