London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1908
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1908 including annual report on factories and workshops
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Showing the State of Pauperism in the Holborn Union (Including Finsbury) during the Year 1908.
| Quarters. | Average number Relieved during each week. | Finsbury Death Rates. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor Paupers, Adults and Children | Out-door Paupers. | Totals. | Totals corresponding periods. 1907. | Vagrants Relieved. | Children Boarded Out. | |||
| Adults. | Children under 16. | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 1st Quarter | 4,073 | 1,239 | 676 | 5,988 | 6,444 | 67 | 62 | 22.4 |
| 2nd | 3,810 | 1,204 | 619 | 5,633 | 5,865 | 61 | 59 | 16.0 |
| 3rd | 3,651 | 1,188 | 588 | 5,427 | 5,684 | 58 | 53 | 18.0 |
| 4th „ | 3,868 | 1,183 | 643 | 5,694 | 5,987 | 61 | 48 | 18.8 |
| Totals | 15,402 | 4,814 | 2,526 | 22,742 | 23,980 | 247 | 222 | |
| Weekly averages during the year | 3,850 | 1,203 | 631 | 5,685 | 5,995 | 62 | 55 | 18.8 |