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Finsbury 1914
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1914
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1914.
VITAL STATISTICS.—A summary of the principal facts of the Vital Statistics for 1914 is given below:—
| Estimated Population at the middle of 1914 | 83,212. | |
| Finsbury Residents in outlying Institutions | 1,462. | |
| Birth Rate | 30.7 per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
| Death Rate | 19.6 per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
| Infant Mortality | 118 per 1,000 births. | |
| Phthisis Death Rates | Crude | 1.81 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Corrected | 1.78 per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
| Death Rates from all forms of Tuberculosis | Crude | 2.48 per 1,000 inhabitants. |
| Corrected | 2-44 pet 1,000 inhabitants. | |
| Death Rate from the seven Chief Zymotic Diseases | 2.77 per 1,000 inhabitants. | |
In comparison with the returns for 1913, the following matters
are of interest:—
The number of births and the birth-rate both show a slight
increase.