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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 1903
Report on the public health of 1903
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Finsbury, 1903. Deaths and Death Rates from all and Certain Causes in Houses or Tenements of several sizes.
| Size of Tenements. | Census Population, 1901. | All Causes. | Zymotics. | Phthisis. | Respiratory Disease (excluding Phthisis). | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death rate per 1000. | Deaths. | Death rate per 1000. | Deaths. | Death rate per 1000. | Deaths. | Death rate per 1000. | ||
| One-room tenement | 14,516 | 556 | 38.9 | 82 | 5.6 | 66 | 4.5 | 136 | 9.3 |
| Two-room tenement | 31,482 | 711 | 22.6 | 120 | 3.8 | 89 | 2.8 | 167 | 5.3 |
| Three-room tenement | 21,280 | 251 | 11.7 | 40 | 1.8 | 27 | 1.2 | 52 | 2.4 |
| Four-room tenement and upwards of four rooms | 33,185 | 186 | 5.6 | 18 | 0.54 | 21 | 0.63 | 28 | 0.84 |
| Institutions* | 1,000 | 16 | — | — | — | 7 | — | 4 | — |
| Deaths not traced† | — | 273 | — | 12 | — | 13 | — | 10 | — |
| The Borough | 101,463 | 1993 | 19.6 | 272 | 2.6 | 223 | 2.2 | 397 | 3.9 |