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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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The general death rate and the death-rate from Phthisis are
both slightly higher in 1914.
The death rate from all forms of Tuberculosis is slightly
lower.
The deaths from Measles and Hooping Cough are more in
1914.
The deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis are less.
The Infant Mortality is much diminished.
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria have been more prevalent.
POPULATION.—The population of the Borough at the middle of 1914 was estimated by the Registrar-General to be 83,212, distributed as follows:—
| Census Population of Borough, April 2nd, 1911, | Estimated Population, Middle 1914. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clerkenwell | 57,121 | 54,.0.58 | ||
| St. Luke | 28,976 | 27,.425 | ||
| St. Sepulchre | 1,826 | 1,729 | ||
| The Borough | 87,923 | 83,212 | ||
This estimate does not include the Finsbury residents detained in
the following outlying institutions: the Holborn Union Institution,
1a, Shepherdess Walk (384), the Holborn Infirmary, Archway
Road, Holloway (355), the Holborn Union Institution, Mitcham
(488), and the Holborn Schools, Mitcham (235), giving a total of
1,462. Adding these to 83,212, the estimate of the RegistrarGeneral,
gives a corrected population of 84,674 for the whole
Borough. The day population is estimated to be 180,000. The
various rates in the present report are calculated on the estimates
of the Registrar-General.