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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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| Ward. | Separate Occupiers. | Population. | Males. | Females. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pentonville | 3,222 | 14,479 | 7,155 | 7,324 | ||
| St James' | 3,926 | 16,096 | 7,761 | 8,335 | ||
| St. John's | 1,653 | 7,024 | 3,432 | 3,592 | ||
| St. Mark's | 2,231 | 8,213 | 4,016 | 4,197 | ||
| St. Philip's | 2 994 | 11,309 | 5,476 | 5,833 | ||
| City Road East | 2,253 | 10.021 | 4,696 | 5,325 | ||
| City Road West | 1,386 | 5,368 | 2,564 | 2,804 | ||
| East Finsbury | 177 | 925 | 461 | 464 | ||
| West Finsbury | 1,396 | 5,667 | 2,759 | 2,908 | ||
| Old Street | 1,625 | 6.995 | 3,435 | 3,560 | ||
| St. Sepulchre | 376 | 1,826 | 900 | 926 | ||
| Totals | 21,239 | 87,923 | 42,655 | 45,268 | ||
The first five wards are in Clerkenwell, the next five in
St. Luke.
BIRTHS.—During 1914 there were registered 2,558 births of
Finsbury residents -equal to a birth-rate of 80.7 per 1,000
inhabitants.
The number of births and the birth-rate both show a slight
increase this year as compared with 1913.
The birth rate for Finsbury still keeps higher than the birthrate
for the whole of England and Wales, and does not fall to the
same appreciable extent.