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 1925
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1925
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The Finsbury deaths were apportioned as follows:—Clerkenwell
682, St Luke's 355, St. Sepulchre 18 deaths. The comparison
of Finsbury with the rest of the country may be seen below:—
| England and Wales | 12.2 |
| London | 11.7 |
| 13.6 | |
| 105 great towns | 12.2 |
| 157 smaller towns | 11.2 |
Inquests.—During the past year 117 inquests were held in the
Borough of which 6 were on the bodies of non-residents who died
suddenly in the district. Twenty-three were on children under
5 years of age, and 94 on adults and children over 5 years of age.
Amongst the causes of death were the following:—
Accidental burns 5, accidental falls 12, accidental suffocation
by food in the windpipe 1, accidental scalds 2, drowning 3, overlying
2, run over by horse and van 1, run over by motor vehicle 11,
suicide 14, accidentally caught in engine shafting 1.