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Finsbury 1908
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1908 including annual report on factories and workshops
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DEATHS AND DEATH RATES.
DEATHS.—During the year there were registered 931 deaths.
From this number, 55 in respect of persons who, though dying
in the Borough were non-resident in it, must be deducted, and 891
must be added, that number of Finsbury persons having died in
Institutions outside the district. These changes make the actual
number of Finsbury deaths up to 1,767.
Death Rates.-From this figure, the so-called crude and
corrected Death Rates are calculated.
The “crude” (or uncorrected) death rate is calculated from the
total number of deaths on the estimated population, and is stated
as so many deaths per 1000. In 1908 this rate was 18.4 per 1000,
as against 18.3 in 1907. The crude death rates per annum since
the formation of the Borough are shown in Table C.
For the whole of London the death rate was 14.0 per 1000, as
compared with 14.6 in 1907.
TABLE C. CRUDE DEATH RATES.
| The Borough. | North Clerkenwell. | South Clerkenwell. | St. Luke. | St. Sepulchre. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 21∙4 | 20∙0 | 20∙3 | 23∙7 | 18∙8 |
| 1902 | 22∙7 | 22∙3 | 20∙7 | 24∙3 | 20∙I |
| 1903 | 19∙8 | 19∙2 | 18∙3 | 21∙7 | 19∙0 |
| 1904 | 21.1 | 21∙7 | 18∙9 | 22∙0 | 23∙0 |
| 1905 | 18∙9 | 18∙5 | 17∙3 | 20∙2 | 25∙2 |
| 1906 | 20∙7 | 22∙7 | 18∙6 | 20∙3 | 24∙7 |
| 1907 | 18∙3 | 17∙5 | 16∙4 | 20∙3 | 24∙9 |
| 1908 | 18∙4 | 18∙3 | 18∙9 | 10∙3 | |
The “corrected” death rate is more useful than the crude death
rate when comparisons are to be made with other districts, since,