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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

Finsbury 1913

Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1913

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Table: BIRTH RATES, 1913.

BIRTH RATES, 1913.

Borough.Rate.Borough.Rate.
Battersea25.3Lambeth23.9
Bermondsey30.7Lewisham20.3
Bethnal Green31.3City of London9.4
Camberwell25.1Paddington19.4
Chelsea18.2Poplar32.4
Deptford28.0St. Marylebone18.6
Finsbury29.4St. Pancras24.7
Fulham26.9Shoreditch31.5
Greenwich26.0Southwark31.5
Hackney24.7Stepney29.7
Hammersmith24.6Stoke Newington22.0
Hampstead15.0Wandsworth20.8
Holborn16.7Westminster14.1
Islington25.1Woolwich22.5
Kensington19.3

Table: NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.—This Act came into force on the 9th March 1908, having been adopted by the Borough Council on December 19th, 1907. The effect of its adoption may be seen from the accompanying table.

NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.—This Act came into force on the 9th March 1908, having been adopted by the Borough Council on December 19th, 1907. The effect of its adoption may be seen from the accompanying table.

Year1910191119121913
Births notified3,5663,4413,4013,285
Percentage attended by Doctors3.04.53.54.5
Percentage attended by Midwives13.018.018.717.0
Still births notified899210555
Births registered2,8332,6762,5792,494