London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1914
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1914
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This, multiplied by the factor .9887 gives a fully corrected
death rate of 19.1 per 1,000.
The comparison of finsbury with the rest of the country may be seen below :—
| Corrected Death Rates for 1914. | |
|---|---|
| England and Wales | 13.7 |
| London | 14.4 |
| 97 Great Towns | 15.0 |
| 145 Smaller Towns | 13.1 |
| Rural Districts | 12.4 |
The Finsbury deaths were apportioned as follows:—
Clerkenwell, 1,010; St. Luke's, 598 ; St. Sepulchre 28 deaths.
The death rates of the Metropolitan Boroughs are subjoined.
| Batter sea | 13 .2 | Kensington | 13.4 |
| Bermondsey | 17.4 | Lewisham | 10.7 |
| Bethnal Green | 16.0 | City of London | 13.5 |
| Camberwell | 13.6 | Paddington | 13.3 |
| Chelsea | 13.3 | Poplar | 17.25 |
| Deptford | 14.6 | St. Marylebone | 14.9 |
| Finsbury. | 19.1 | St. Pancras | 15.3 |
| Fulham | 13.6 | Shoreditch | 19.4 |
| Greenwich | 14.9 | Southwark | 18.0 |
| Hackney | 13.9 | Stepney | 16.6 |
| Hammersmith | 13.7 | Stoke Newington | 12.3 |
| Hampstead | 10.5 | Wandsworth | 11.2 |
| Holborn | 15.8 | Westminster | 12.1 |
| Lambeth | 14.3 | Woolwich | 13.2 |
| Islington | 15.2 | County of London | 14.4 |