Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910
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The corrected rates for the several sub-registration districts in 1910 were as follows :—
Population. | Births. | Birth-rate. | |
---|---|---|---|
Clerkenwell | 59,382 | 1,792 | 30.2 |
St. Luke | 33,665 | 999 | 29.7 |
St. Sepulchre | 1,531 | 42 | 27.4 |
The Borough | 94,578 | 2,833 | 29.9 |
The corresponding birth-rates for the rest of the country for 1910 are attached :—
England and Wales | 24.8 |
London | 23.7 |
Finsbury | 29.9 |
77 Great Towns | 25.0 |
136 Small Towns | 23.7 |
Rural Districts | 25.0 |
It will be seen that the birth-rate for Finsbury is greater than
the rate for the whole of England and Wales, greater than the
birth-rate for London, and greater than the rates in the 77 great
towns, the 136 smaller towns, and the essentially rural districts.
The birth-rate is greatest in Clerkenwell, least in St.
Sepulchre.
Seventy-nine of the births of Finsbury children occurred in
the City Road Workhouse, 38 were notified as having taken
place in other metropolitan boroughs. At the City of London
Lying-in Hospital there were 807 births during the year; of
these 117 belonged to Finsbury, and the rest to other London
boroughs.
For comparative purposes the birth-rates of the Metropolitan
Boroughs are annexed :—