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The factor for correction in Finsbury is 1.0355. This multiplied
into 17.3, the crude death-rate, gives a corrected deathrate
of 17.9 per 1,000.
There is, however, still another correction to be made in the
case of Finsbury due to the number of residents detained in
institutions outside the Borough. It has been explained in the
section devoted to population that when these are taken into
account the crude death-rate is 16.9 per 1,000.
This multiplied by the factor 1.0335 gives a fully corrected
death-rate of 17.5 per 1,000. The partially corrected death-rate
has been retained in the table given above because the fully
corrected death-rate for previous years are not now available.
The corrected Finsbury death-rates in preceding years since
1904 were 22.0, 19.5, 21.4, 18.9, 19.0, 19.7, and 17.9 per 1,000
respectively.
The corrected death-rate for Finsbury, calculated by the
Registrar-General, is 18.2 per 1,000, but there are many reasons
why this figure is incorrect. Adopting for Finsbury the fully
corrected death-rate of 17.5 per 1,000 given above, then for the
present year—having regard to Table 22 of the Registrar-General—
Finsbury and Shoreditch have an equal death-rate, and are placed
below Bermondsey alone, which has a corrected death-rate of
18.1 per 1,000.
The comparison of Finsbury with the rest of the country may
be seen below:—
Corrected Death Rate for 1910.
England and Wales 13.4
London 12.7
Finsbury 17.9
77 Great Towns 14.3
136 Smaller Towns 12.9
Rural Districts 12.8
The Finsbury deaths were apportioned as follows: Clerkenwell,
1,023; St. Luke's, 589; St. Sepulchre, 24 deaths.