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Finsbury 1914

Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1914

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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 97
great towns, the 145 smaller towns, and the essentially rural
districts. The birth-rate is greatest in St. Luke; least in St.
Sepulchre. Of the total number of Finsbury births, 252 occurred
in outlying institutions ; 915 births of non-residents took place
in the borough.
For comparative purposes, the birth-rates of the Metropolitan
Boroughs are annexed:—

BIRTH RATES, 1914.

Borough.Rate.Borough.Rate.
Battersea25.7Lambeth23.7
Bermondsey31.0Lewisham19.8
Bethnal Green29.6City of London10.0
Camberwell25.2Paddington20.8
Chelsea19.2Poplar31.4
Deptford28.6St. Marylebone18.7
Finsbury30.7St. Pancras23.9
Fulham26.4Shoreditch32.0
Greenwich25.1Southwark30.0
Hackney25.7Stepney29.2
Hammersmith23.5Stoke Newington20.4
Hampstead14.7Wandsworth20.4
Holborn16.4Westminster14. 1
Islington25.1W oolwich22. 0
Kensington18.4County of London24.3