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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 1907
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1907 including annual report on factories and workshops
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The birth-rate for London was 25.6. Of the 3,361 births in
Finsbury, 656 took place in the City of London Lying-in Hospital,
and of this number only 100 righty belonged to the Borough, and,
therefore, 556 must be subtracted. There were also 61 births that
took place in the City Road Workhouse, and 18 were notified
from other Boroughs, which must, therefore, be added. Consequently,
after correction, the total number of births belonging to
the Borough was not 3,361, but 2,884, which gives a birth-rate of
29.8 per 1,000 of the population. Of the 3,361 births registered,
1,687 were boys and 1,674 were girls.
The birth-rates of Finsbury, based on Registrars' returns (in sub-registration districts), since the Borough was formed, have been as follows :—
| The Borough. * | North Clerkenwell. | South Clerkenwell. | Finsbury. | St Sepulchre. | Corrected Birth Rates for the Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 37.3 | 30.2 | 309 | 50.8 | 20.1 | 32.0 |
| 1902 | 36.0 | 30.1 | 30.4 | 45.6 | 23.1 | 31.7 |
| 1903 | 36.4 | 30.5 | 30.9 | 47.3 | 20.3 | 31.4 |
| 1904 | 36.4 | 31.5 | 29.7 | 47.1 | 20.5 | 31.3 |
| 1905 | 34.6 | 29.1 | 29.0 | 45.3 | 13.2 | 29.4 |
| 1906 | 35.5 | 30.7 | 30.0 | 45.1 | 24.7 | 30.9 |
| 1907 | 34.7 | 29.9 | 27.6 | 45.9 | I5.3 | 29.8 |
* These 'rates include the births taking place in the City of London
Lying-in Hospital, only about one-sixth of which belong to the Borough
of Finsbury. This is the reason why the Finsbury birth-rate is frequently
stated to be so high. The corrected birth-rates, after deduction of births
not rightly belonging to Finsbury, is shown in the last column of the
Table.
It will be remembered that, at the beginning of 1905, arrangements
were made by which the local Registrars should supply the
local authority with a return of the births registered from week to
week. This has been done, and as we have received these returns
the lady inspectors have taken the names and addresses of
those infants in which it seemed that good might come of the
visit of an inspector. We have also received weekly lists of