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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 1902
Report on the public health of 1902
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TABLE I. Name of District—Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. For Whole District.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths Under One Year Of Age. | Deaths at all Ages Total. | Deaths inPublic Institutions | Deaths ofnonresidents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages Nett. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate* | Number. | Rate* | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| 1897 | 107,474 | 3,156 | 29.3 | 663 | 210.0 | 1,745 | 16.2 | 128 | 128 | 881 | 2,498 | 22.6 | |
| 1898 | 107,472 | 3,467 | 32.2 | 682 | 196.7 | 1,698 | 15.8 | 124 | 124 | 905 | 2,479 | 23.0 | |
| 1899 | 106,662 | 3,344 | 31.4 | 662 | 197.9 | 1,702 | 15.6 | 121 | 121 | 1,048 | 2,629 | 24.6 | |
| 1900 | 101,576 | 3,259 | 32.8 | 574 | 176.1 | 1,592 | 15.6 | 95 | 95 | 981 | 2,478 | 24.3 | |
| 1901 | 101,463 | 3,792 | 37.3 | 461 | 121.6 | 1,318 | 13.0 | 33 | 29 | 880 | 2,169 | 21.4 | |
| Approximate Averages I for years 1896-1900 | 104.929 | 3,404 | 32.6 | 608 | 180.5 | 1,611 | 15.2 | 100 | 100 | 939 | 2,451 | 23.2 | |
| 1902 | 100,487 | 3,624 | 36.0 | 558 | 153.9 | 1,376 | 13.6 | 40 | 35 | 907 | 2,283 | 22.7 | |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually
occurred within the district or division. The deaths to be included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7. corrected by the subtraction
of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term of "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of illness, and dying there; and by the
term "Residents " is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of illness, and have died elsewhere.
Area of District in acres
(exclusively of area
covered by water). )
589
Total population at all ages, 101,463
Number of inhabited houses, 9,280
Average number of persons per house, 10 9
At Census of 1900.
Note The above figures for 1896 1900 are approximate only, and have been arrived at by the addition of the figures for the
Parishes of Clerken well and St. Luke.