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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 1905
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops
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In the whole of London during 1905 there were deaths of infants
(16,602) equal to a rate of 131.1 per thousand births. The mean
rate for the last 10 years in London is 150.
The distribution in the Borough of the deaths of infants may be set out as follows:—
| Districts. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. | Infant mortality rates per 1,000 births. |
|---|---|---|
| North Clerkenwell | 146 | 148.2 |
| South Clerkenwell | 98 | 121.7 |
| Finsbury (St. Luke) | 178 | 165.5 |
| St. Sepulchre | 7 | 333.4 |
| The Borough | 429 | 148.6 |
Tlie infant mortality rates for eacli division of the Borough and also for the Borough itself, since its formation, may, therefore, be set forth as follows:—
| The Borough. | North Clerkenwell. | South Clerkenwell. | Pinsbury (St Luke). | St. Sepulchre. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Infant Deaths | Infant Mortality | No of Infant Deaths | Infant Mortality | Mo. of Infant heaths | Infant Mortality | No of Infant Deaths | Infant Mortality | No. of InfantDeaths | Infant Mortality | |
| 1901 | *533 | 163.8 | 158 | 149.2 | 124 | 139.6 | 172 | 137.0 | 6 | 162.1 |
| 1902 | 558 | 174.9 | 183 | 173.3 | 152 | 172.7 | 217 | 178.4 | 6 | 157.9 |
| 1903 | 503 | 159.1 | 163 | 153.8 | 125 | 142.2 | 210 | 176.5 | 5 | 151.5 |
| 1904 | 522 | 168.6 | 191 | 177-2 | 123 | 147.8 | 206 | 178.7 | 2 | |
| 1905 | 429 | 148.6 | 146 | 148.2 | 98 | 121.7 | 178 | 165.5 | 7 | 333.4 |
•The return for 1901 includes 73 infant deaths taking place in institutions outside the
Borough but belonging to Finsbury, and which cannot now be distributed in districts.
Throughout the table, births taking place in the City of London Lying-in Hospital,
but not belonging to Finsbury, have been excluded.