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The death rates in St. Luke are generally higher, and in
Clerkenwell generally lower than the rates for the whole of the
Borough. With one or two slight exceptions the death rates in
St. Luke tend to show a steady and progressive diminution,
whereas the Clerkenwell death rates are rather uneven from year
to year, This difference between the two districts is possibly to
be associated with the fact that the population in St. Luke is, as
compared with Clerkenwell, believed to be more stable, less
migratory.
The factor for age correction derived from the recent census
is .9887. This factor enables one district to be compared with
another, and smooths down the irregularities which depend upon
differences in the ages and sexes of the populations of the different
areas.
Multiplying this number by 18.4, the crude death rate, gives a
corrected death rate of 18.2 per 1,000.
There is, however, still another correction to be made in the
case of Finsbury due to the number of residents detained in
institutions outside the Borough. When these are taken into
account the population is 86,735, and the crude death rate becomes
17.9 per 1,000.
This, multiplied by the factor .9887 gives a fully corrected
death rate of 17.6 per 1,000.

The Finsbury deaths were apportioned as follows:—
Clerkenwell, 993 ; St. Luke's, 540 ; St. Sepulchre 25 deaths.