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The birth rate for London was 28.4. Of the 3664 hirths in
Finsbury 615 took place in the City of London Lying-in
Hospital. Of this number only 113 rightly belonged to the
Borough. Consequently, after correction, the total number of
births belonging to the Borough was not 3664 but 3162, which
gives a birth rate of 31.4 per 1,000 of the population.
Of the 3,664 births in Finsbury 1,818 were boys and 1,846 were
girls.
Deaths.—The total number of deaths registered in the district
was 2,039, but as 46 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 1,993, which gives a
total death rate of 19.8, as against 22.7 last year. The average rate
for London as a whole was 15.6. 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. Roughly 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, 1,993, includes 870 deaths of Finsbury
persons who died in various institutions outside the district. (The
comparable figure for 1902 was 907). This leaves 1,123