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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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TABLE E.
| Total Deaths. | Deaths in Public Institutions, &c., outside District belonging to Finsbury. | Percentage. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 2,l6l | 876 | 40∙5 |
| 1902 | 2,283 | 908 | 39∙8 |
| 1903 | 1∙993 | 870 | 43∙6 |
| 1904 | 2,084 | 965 | 46∙3 |
| 1905 | 1,855 | 886 | 47∙8 |
| 1906 | 2,020 | 1,020 | 50∙5 |
| 1907 | 1,774 | 911 | 51∙3 |
| 1908 | 1,767 | 891 | 50∙4 |
CAUSES AND AGES AT DEATH.
Table IV. of the Local Government Board series, which will be
found at page 143, contains the details regarding the deaths which
occurred in the Borough during the year 1908. In it are shown
in addition to the certified causes of death, the numbers which
occurred from such causes in various age groups.
Certain of the facts given in the table call for special mention,
and it is proposed in this Report to refer more fully to the number
of deaths occurring in the Borough at the extremes of life—in
Infancy and Old Age—and to consider certain of such causes as
have contributed most largely to the death rate.
I. DEATHS IN RELATION TO AGE.
In the following table the total number of deaths from all causes
have been arranged, according to age, in certain groups. The
relatively large number of deaths of children under one year of
age will be considered under the heading “ Infantile Mortality.”
Age Periods.
Under
1
year.
1-5
5-15
15-25
25-65
65 and
over.
at all
ages.
No. of Deaths.
400
216
66
54
640
391
1767