London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

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

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

29
SENILE MORTALITY.

Table: SENILE MORTALITY. The deaths of persons aged 65 years and over were as follows:—

SENILE MORTALITY. The deaths of persons aged 65 years and over were as follows:—

SENILE MORTALITY. The deaths of persons aged 65 years and over were as follows:—
Intro-Parochial—
North Clerkenwell53)=173
South Clerkenwell Finsbury (St. Luke)50) 59)
St. Sepulchre11)
ExtrarParochial (Hospitals, Poor Law Institutions, etc.)263
Total436

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Out of the total of 436, 117 were between 65-70 years of age;
212 were between 70-80; 101 were between 80-90; 6 were between
90-100.

Table: The claims of death at the two extremes of life, and the effect of season, are shown in the following table of total deaths, intra-parochial and extra-parochial:—

The claims of death at the two extremes of life, and the effect of season, are shown in the following table of total deaths, intra-parochial and extra-parochial:—

Jan-MarchApril-JuneJuly-SeptOct-DecTotal
Infants under 1 year1078914885429
Persons of 65 years and upwards1249191130436

Text

Copy text to clipboard

DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC OR INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
The deaths from Zymotic Disease occurring in the Borough
(intra-parochial and extra-parochial) during the year numbered 220
and were caused as follows:-