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The birth rate for London was 28•5. The lowest rate was in the
City of London, 13•1, and the highest was in Stepney, namely, 38•0.
Of the 3,624 births in Finsbury 524 took place in the City of
London Lying-in Hospital. Of this number only 91 rightly belonged
to the Borough. Consequently, after correction, the total number
of births belonging to the Borough was not 3,624, but 3,191, which
gives a birth rate of 31•7 per 1,000 of the population.
Of the 3,624 births in Finsbury 1,860 were boys and 1,764 were
girls.
Deaths.—The total number of deaths registered in the district
was 2,318, but as 35 of these deaths were of persons who died in,
but resided outside, the Borough, that number has been deducted,
leaving the net number of Finsbury deaths at 2,283, which gives a
total death rate of 22•7. The average rate for London as a whole
was 17•2, and, in comparison with other districts, the Pinsbury rate is
this year the highest in the Metropolis. In 1900 Clerkenwell had
a death rate of 21•1, and St. Luke 27. In 1899 Clerkenwell
was 22•3, and St. Luke 28•4. Eoughly speaking, the death rate for
the Finsbury area in 1900 was about 24•4 per 1,000. In 1901 it
was 21•3.
The total number of deaths, 2,283, includes 907 deaths of Finsbury
persons who died in various institutions outside the district. (The