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Finsbury 1913
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1913
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1913.
| Estimated Population at the middle of 1913 | 84,679. | |
| Finsbury Residents in outlying Institutions | 2,056. | |
| Birth Rate | 29.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
| Death Rate | 18.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
| Infant Mortality | 139 per 1,000 births. | |
| Phthisis Death Rates | Crude | 1.78 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Corrected | 1.74 per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
| Death Rates from all forms of Tuberculosis | Crude | 2.52 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Corrected | 2.46 per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
| Death Rate from the seven Chief Zymotic Diseases | 2.13 per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
In comparison with the returns for 1912, the following matters
are of interest:—
The birth rate is still diminishing.
The number of births is less—the number is lower than it
has ever been since the Borough was incorporated.
The death rate is lowered.
The death rate from Phthisis is still further reduced.
The deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis are much inccreased.
The deaths from Diphtheria and Measles are less.
The Infant Mortality is increased.
Scarlet Fever and Enteric Fever have been more prevalent;
Diphtheria less prevalent.